I tried to make a grape one that tastes like what I used to drink at Arctic Circle, a Utah-based fast-food chain. (Obviously, no booze in the Arctic Circle lime rickeys.)
At the liquor store, I looked for appropriate flavors and I picked up grape pucker schnapps, Smirnoff lime vodka and 7 Up.
I got home, took out a high-ball glass and poured probably the equivalent of three shots of vodka, then realized I poured too much, so I filled the rest up with 7 to try to overcompensate the for the vodka and then poured probably a half shot of grape pucker.
I took a swallow. A long hard swallow.
It was too boozy and too limey. Not at all sugary, syrupy like I remember it at Arctic Circle. Alcohol consumption should be a fun experience. If it burns while going down the pipe, it's not worth it, I say. Might as well not drink.
So then I added more grape and 7. It helped a little.
I went onto the website of Gracie's, a SLC bar that sells boozy lime rickeys. What did they put in it? Did they use a different grape-flavored liquor?
Their beverage menu isn't online. Damn it.
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