Recipe category: Highballs

Highball is a cocktail category that is closely related to long drinks. the main difference is basically the use of a smaller glass. highballs are also offered ready-made, whereas long drinks often have the rest of the filler next to them.

Highballs consist of a basic spirit, an optional filler and soda. The proportion of non-alcoholic ingredients predominates, with the proportion of the spirit varying from 2 cl to 6 cl. Serving is always in a highball glass, a tall beaker well filled with ice cubes. Decoration plays only a minor role.

The most original Highball is probably the "Scotch and Soda". In the 1950s the Moscow Mule (vodka and ginger beer) gained some popularity in the United States, 50 years later the Dark'n'Stormy (rum and ginger beer). The classics Gin Tonic and Vodka Lemon also belong to the Highball family.

A special group is formed by the New England Highballs, whose basic spirits are topped up with cranberry juice instead of soda or carbonated soft drinks. Thus, the Cape Cod (also Cape Codder or Vodka Cranberry) consists of vodka and cranberry juice (alternatively cranberry juice).

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Recipe category: Highballs

Recipes of the category "Highballs"

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