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Feb 21, 2024 · Gather the ingredients. The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck. Fill a highball glass with ice. The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck. Pour 2 ounces whiskey into the glass. The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck. Add 4 to 6 ounces ginger ale, or club soda. Add more, if needed, to top off glass. Serve and enjoy.
A highball is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer, often a carbonated beverage. Examples include the Seven and Seven, Scotch and soda, gin and tonic, screwdriver (a.k.a. vodka and orange juice), fernet con coca, Tom Collins, and rum and Coke (a.k.a. Cuba libre with the ...
Apr 11, 2023 · Unless otherwise stated, most highballs (including a classic Whiskey Highball) should follow a 2:1 combination of soda water to spirit, or twice as much mixer as alcohol. Not coincidentally, a standard 10-ounce highball glass filled to the top with one-inch cubed ice and two ounces of whiskey will have around four ounces remaining of empty ...
Sep 14, 2020 · The highball is one of the most popular cocktail styles worldwide. The category, which in its purest form is merely a spirit plus a carbonated ingredient, includes popular drinks such as the Vodka Soda, Gin & Tonic and Scotch & Soda, as well as the Dark ’n Stormy and Paloma. While the highball may appear simple, creating a truly excellent one ...
Jan 7, 2024 · Ingredients: 2oz Whiskey, 3.5oz Soda Water, 0.5oz Fresh Lemon Juice, Ice, Lemon Wheel. Recipe: Squeeze in half an ounce of fresh lemon juice before adding the soda water. It amps up the tartness and freshness, bringing a citrusy summer breeze into the mix.
Apr 8, 2020 · The whiskey highball was born in the early 1900’s and initially combined Scotch whiskey with soda water, called “scotch and soda.”. The ingredients you’ll need for whiskey highball are: Whiskey ( bourbon, rye, Scotch, or Japanese whiskey) Soda water (or ginger ale or ginger beer) Lemon, for garnish. Mix them together, and you’ve got a ...
