Rickey (cocktail) version made with dark rum instead of gin or whisky. Invented at the Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill district in 2016, this refreshing summer beverage's popularity has increased recently and it's not uncommon to see visiting foreign dignitaries enjoy a cold Johnny Rickey at one of the countless embassy building courtyards found throughout the District. The mojito cocktail is a relative of the rickey that originated in Cuba. A mojito is made with lime juice, rum, simple syrup or muddled sugar, soda water, and freshly muddled mint leaves. The D.C. Craft Bartenders Guild, an independent guild
Last Word (cocktail) cocktail have sprung up, which usually replace the gin with another base liquor and sometimes switch the limes for lemons. A particularly well-known variation is the "Final Ward", created by the New York bartender Phil Ward, who replaced the gin with rye whiskey and the lime juice with lemon juice. The first publication in which the Last Word appeared was Ted Saucier's 1951 cocktail book "Bottoms Up!". In it Saucier states that the cocktail was first served around 30 years earlier at the Detroit Athletic Club and later introduced in New York by Frank Fogarty. Since this dates the creation