Raspberry Lime Rickey Recipe

The commercial brand was ZaRex and made in Boston’s South End. It was sometime before 2010, One Pie (yes, it is correct, the maker of pumpkin and squash fillings) stopped making it. It sold its recipe to Arthur Dove who resumed its manufacture in Lakeville, Ma. Unfortunately, his company stopped making it in 2019. I would suggest you access Yankee Magazine’s online arm, New England Today Living published July 16, 2020 for its raspberry syrup recipe which accompanies the recipe for the Rickey.
One note: adjust the amount of syrup when making the Rickey because it was never created to use as much syrup as the recipe states and because the traditional drugstore Rickey used Key Limes (from Florida) and not the larger version because the former is much more tart, the drink’s Quencher while the latter has been cultivated to be slightly sweeter.
Trust me. I grew up not only loving it but also making it at my father’s drugstore that had a soda fountain.
For those in the Westborough, Ma. area, Harry’s Diner on Route 9 makes it using the key limes.
Also, Worcester’s Polar Beverage Co. makes a summer seasonal raspberry soda that needs a good squirt or two of fresh key lime (according to taste.) Since it is not that popular to be stocked in grocery stores, try Ocean State Job Lot and Wegman’s, Northborough, near its liquor store entrance.
Also, Key Lime juice can by bought in almost every supermarket having an extensive juice aisle. Stop and Shop has it located near the tomato and cranberry juices but on the top shelf with its bottled lemon juice.