Highball

Question 1

What are Highballs?

Answer 1

To make things easy, I’m lumping almost everything with (non-alcoholic) bubbles into this catch-all category, along with a couple of bubble-free items that don’t really fit anywhere else.

Question 2

What are Simple Highballs

Answer 2

Simple Highballs are made with a base spirit leavened with ice and a lengthener such as club soda, ginger ale or cola. The ratio can range from 1:2 liquor to mixer, for the classic form, up to 1:4 if you’re looking for a weaker drink. Examples include the namesake Highball, the Pimm’s Cup and the Presbyterian (as well as the familiar Rum and Coke, but not the Cuba Libre, which with the juice of half a lime I’m putting into the Complex Highballs subcategory).

Question 3

What are Complex Highballs

Answer 3

Complex Highballs have added juice, liqueurs, or other ingredients; examples include the Dark and Stormy, the Americano, and the Anejo Highball.

Question 4

What are an Collin

Answer 4

A Collins is a highball with the addition of lemon juice and sugar, such as in a Tom Collins (another way of looking at it is a Tom Collins is a (simple) Gin Sour with club soda and ice). Substitute lime juice for the lemon, and get rid of the sugar, and that Collins is now a Rickey.

Question 5

What are Fizz?

Answer 5

Historically, this is pretty much the same thing as a Collins or a Complex Highball, except the spirit and modifiers (not including the soda) are shaken with ice and strained into a small glass, then topped with an ounce or so of soda and served without ice. As you might expect, this kind of drink can quickly grow warm and flat; and as you probably figured out, they’re intended to be knocked back in short order, before any such misfortune can occur. Examples include the Silver Fizz and the Ramos Fizz.

Question 6

Pina Colada

Answer 6

1: Fyld shaker med is
2: 4 cl hvid Rom, 3 cl Kokos sirup, 2 cl Lime, 10 cl Ananasjuice
3: Shake og hæld i highball glas

Question 7

Cuba Libre

Answer 7

1: Fyld Highball glas med is
2: 4 cl mørk Rom, 1 cl Lime og 10 cl Cola.
3: Rør forsigtigt og pynt med limeskive

Question 8

Dark n Stormy

Answer 8

1: Fyld Highball glas med is
2: 5 cl Rom, 1 cl Lime, 2 dråber Angostura, 10 cl Ginger Beer
3: Pynt med limebåd

Question 9

Greyhound

Answer 9

1: Fyld Highball glas med is
2: 5 cl Gin, 10 cl Grape, 1 cl Cane Syrup røres sammen

Salty Dog er med salt/sukker-kant

Question 10

Horses Neck

Answer 10

1: Fyld highball glas med is
2: 4 cl Bourbon, 2 dråber Angostura
3: Fyld op med Ginger Ale