Cocktails vary widely across regions of the world, and many websites publish both original recipes and their own interpretations of older and more famous cocktails. Today, with the help of highball glasses that can hold 10 to 14 oz of liquid, they are used to serve drinks made with a lot of juice, mixer or soda, Rum mixed with Coke, Gin & Tonic, or Scotch and Soda are the perfect examples of a delicious cocktail recipe.
1. Sea Breeze
Sea Breeze is a 1980s icon that belongs with other warm-weather cocktails of the era. The vodka, cranberry and grapefruit Sea Breeze is a fine drink. Make the original to test its mettle against the well-known version, and see how gin, apricot brandy and lemon evoke breezy sentiments deserving of the name.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1-ounce dry gin
• 1-ounce apricot brandy
• 1/2-ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 2 dashes grenadine
• Club soda (Chilled)
• Garnish: mint sprig
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Fill a highball glass glass with ice, then add the gin, apricot brandy, lemon juice and grenadine.
2. Top with the Club soda and stir briefly to combine.
3. Garnish with a mint small shoot.
2. Sorrel Ginger Cocktail
This blushed pink hue is perfect for the summer. But the spicy-sweet, floral flavor of the Sorrel makes it just as welcome over the holidays.
Plus, there’s ginger beer in the mix for a deeper spiced finish.
INGREDIENTS
• 1.5oz Ten To One White
• .75oz Sorrel Syrup*
• .75oz Fresh Lime Juice
INSTRUCTIONS
Add first three ingredients to a highball glass. Stir with a bar spoon to incorporate all of the ingredients. Add ice and top with Ginger Beer. Stir again from the bottom of the glass to ensure all ingredients are incorporated. Garnish with candied Ginger and Dried Sorrel Flower on a cocktail pick.
Combine 1 cup Sugar, 1 cup Water, 1/2 cup Dried Sorrel (Hibiscus) Flowers, 1 Cinnamon Stick, 6 Allspice Berries, and 1 tbsp Fresh Diced Ginger in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cool to room temperature and strain. Keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
3. Classic Whiskey
Okay, we have to talk about the classic whiskey highball. It’s the one that started all the highball craze, after all.
Since it’s just whiskey and soda, you’ll want to pick something top quality. The alcohol is front and center to make sure it’s a brand you like.
If you love whiskey, this is the easy sipper you’ve been looking for.
Ingredients:
• 2 ounces whiskey
• 4 ounces soda water (or ginger ale or ginger beer, for a sweeter spin*)
• Lemon wedge
• Ice, for serving (try clear ice!)
Steps:
1. Fill a glass with ice. Pour in the whiskey and soda water and stir gently.
2. Squeeze in the lemon wedge and serve.
4. Gin Rickey
If you’re not a whiskey lover, you can still enjoy a classic highball.
The Gin Rickey is as easy as they come. And you can easily change the flavors depending on the type of gin you use.
For example, Empress Gin will give this a delicate taste with notes of black tea, while London Gin gives you a boost of botanical goodness.
Ingredients
• 2 ounces gin I love Bombay Saphire
• 1 ounce lime juice
• 3 ounces club soda chilled
Instructions
1. Combine the gin and lime juice in a high ball glass filled with ice.
2. Top with club soda. Stir to combine.
5. Root Beer Float
This boozy version of Root Beer float, with cherry bitters, toasted bourbon, and Ballotin chocolate mint, is guaranteed to hit the spot. And the vanilla ice cream is the cherry on top.
INGREDIENTS:
• 2- ounce bourbon - Michter’s Toasted Bourbon
• ¾- ounce Ballotin chocolate mint
• 10 drops Woodford Reserve spiced cherry bitters
• 4- ounce of your favorite root beer chilled
• Small scoop of vanilla ice cream – optional
• Garnish: strawberry or cherry, sprig of mint
INSTRUCTIONS
Fill a highball glass 2/3 with ice. Add whiskey, cherry bitters and give it a quick swirl. Add about half your root beer, swirl again, top with ice cream (if using) and then add root beer to fill to the top of the glass and garnish with mint and a straw. If you’re forgoing the vanilla ice cream, just fill up with root beer and garnish with a mint sprig.