Best Highball Recipes

JIM BEAM® APPLE HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Build over ice in a tall highball glass.
• Garnish with a lemon wedge.

THE RETRO HIGHBALL

Steps:

• A matter of preference, naturally. A ratio of 2 ounces spirit to 2 ounces soda is a good place to start if you truly want to savor the base spirit in all its glory. If it's too much, add soda 1 ounce at a time until it suits your taste. Measure along the way and make a note of your preference so that you'll always know just how much to pour.

TEQUILA HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Fill a highball glass with ice and add tequila and lime juice. Top with club soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.

HIGHBALL

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• Place ice cubes in a highball glass. Pour bitters and vermouth over the cubes, and stir. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

WHISKY HIGHBALL

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• Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in the whisky and then add the sparkling water. Drop in the lemon zest to garnish and the mint leaves if using. Stir in a gentle folding motion to combine the flavours.

KITTY HIGHBALL

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• Combine the wine, ginger syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add a small piece of cracked ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice, top with soda water, and garnish with the candied ginger.
• Note:
• To make the ginger syrup: Combine 2 cups sugar and 1 cup fresh ginger juice in a small pot over very low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Transfer to a plastic or glass container and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

HIGHBALL A CLASSIC!

Steps:

• Pour the whiskey into tall highball glass full of ice. Add the ginger ale and stir and drink.

CINDERELLA NON-ALCOHOLIC HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Mix all juices with a few ice cubes; shake well and pour into a tall highball glass.
• Add Club Soda and then add grenadine.
• Decorate rim of glass with slice of pineapple and/or orange.

UPDATED WHISKEY-GINGER HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Muddle one slice of ginger with syrup and a bit of ginger beer in the bottom of a highball glass. Fill glass with ice cubes.
• Add rye and stir with a bar spoon. Add ginger beer to fill.
• Run the other slice of ginger around the rim of the glass, then discard. Twist orange peel over drink to release oils, then drop into glass.

BURNT-ORANGE HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add Truvia, vodka, orange liqueur, and orange juice; shake to combine.
• Hold a lit match over an empty highball glass and squeeze the zest, skin side down, over the match. The oil from the zest should ignite and fall into glass. Wrap zest around a skewer or a toothpick; set aside.
• Fill glass with ice, strain cocktail into glass. Garnish with skewered zest.

VODKA HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Build over ice in a highball glass
• Stir.
• Garnish with a long thin slice of cucumber with the skin.
• Drink up.

BOURBON HIGHBALL

Steps:

• In a highball glass filled with ice add bourbon and club soda. Garnish with a twist of lemon. (Variation: For a slightly sweeter cocktail substitute ginger ale for club soda.)

TEQUILA HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Stir 1 teaspoon elderflower cordial or syrup, 1 1/2 ounces añejo tequila, and two 3x1" strips lemon zest, thinly sliced lengthwise, in an ice-filled highball glass until very cold, about 30 seconds. Top off with club soda.
• Using a small serrated knife, remove a 1" strip of peel from a lemon (some white pith is okay); it should be stiff enough to provide some resistance when bent. Twist over drink to express oils; discard.

PINEAPPLE HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Vanilla Syrup:Combine sugar, vanilla bean, star anise, and 3/4 cup water in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; cover 30 minutes. Strain into a heatproof container; let cool completely. (Makes 1 cup, or enough for 8 drinks.)
• Cocktail:Add rum, pineapple juice, and 1 ounce vanilla syrup to a highball glass filled with ice; top with seltzer. Garnish with pineapple, cherry, and star anise.

GINGER HIGHBALL

Steps:

• Pour bourbon into a highball glass.
• Pass the ginger through a garlic press into the glass.
• Add 2-3 ice cubes and top with soda.
• Stir gently.