Joakim Clifton Bergman: 210802 THE BIG PROHIBITION COCKTAIL COUNTDOWN No 7 HIGHBALL

tisdag 3 augusti 2021

210802 THE BIG PROHIBITION COCKTAIL COUNTDOWN No 7 HIGHBALL

The name may refer to the practice of serving drinks in tall glasses, on the dining cars of trains powered by steam locomotives, where the engine would get up to speed and the ball that showed boiler pressure was at its high level, known as "highballing". Alternatively, the name may have come from early railroad signals with raised globes meaning "clear track ahead"

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,

and rum and Coke.

A highball is typically served over ice in a large straight-sided highball glass or Collins glass.

Highballs are popular in Japan, often made with Japanese whisky as a haibōru (ハイボール), or mixed with shōchū as a chūhai (チューハイ). Various mixers can be specified by suffixing with -hai (〜ハイ), as in oolong highball (ウーロンハイ, ūron-hai).

Legend has it that the English actor E.J. Ratcliffe brought the cocktail across the pond to New York all the way back in 1894. (Tip: use a tall, narrow Collins glass for this one, and large ice cubes).

Scotch and soda is a mixed drink consisting of Scotch whisky and soda water or other sparkling water.

There is no fixed ratio of the ingredients: the amount of water can vary according to taste from a splash to several times that of the whisky.^[1] The drink can be variously served with or without ice, and sometimes also with a simple garnish such as a citrus twist.

The glassware used can be any of the tumbler type, most commonly either old fashioned or highball glass. The latter, being larger, is used especially when adding ice and/or a relatively larger quantity of water.

Scotch and soda is not strictly a cocktail by its most exclusive definition, as it only has two ingredients, although it can be considered a cocktail (of the highball type) in the loosest sense of the term.

2 ounces whiskey or scotch

4 ounces club soda

Links:

THE BIG PROHIBITION COCKTAIL COUNTDOWN - No 1 - GIN RICKEY

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THE BIG PROHIBITION COCKTAIL COUNTDOWN - No 2 - OLD FASHIONED

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THE BIG PROHIBITION COCKTAIL COUNTDOWN - No 3 - SIDE CAR

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