Highball Drinks Overview and Recipes

Highball Drinks Overview

• Highball drinks typically include a base spirit, a mixer, and are served over ice in a highball or collins glass.
• Common garnishes enhance the flavor, often featuring various fruits like lime or orange.

Classic Highball Variations

• Highball: 1 oz whiskey, topped with ginger ale, served with a sip stick.
• Waterball: 1 oz whiskey mixed with water, served similarly to a highball.
• Scotch and Soda: 1 oz scotch, filled with soda water; flexible for other liquors.
• 7&7: Combination of 1 oz Seagram's 7 and 7-Up, adaptable for different liquors.
• Gin and Tonic: 1 oz gin, topped with tonic water, garnished with lime; other spirits can be substituted.

Fruity Highball Combinations

• Cuba Libre: 1 oz light rum mixed with Coke, garnished with lime.
• Cape Codder: 1 oz vodka combined with cranberry juice and garnished with lime.
• Madras: 1 oz vodka mixed equal parts with cranberry and orange juice.
• Sea Breeze: 1 oz vodka blended with a half and half mix of cranberry and grapefruit juice.
• Bay Breeze: 1 oz vodka combined with cranberry and pineapple juices, equally mixed.

Unique Cocktails and Their Recipes

• Scarlet O'Hara: 1 oz Southern Comfort with cranberry juice, garnished with lime.
• Greyhound: 1 oz vodka mixed with grapefruit juice; a variation is the Salty Dog which adds salt to the rim.
• Screwdriver: Classic mix of 1 oz vodka and orange juice.
• Fuzzy Navel: 1 oz peach schnapps combined with orange juice.
• Hairy Navel: 1 oz vodka and orange juice topped with 1 oz peach schnapps in a collins glass.
• Woo Woo: 1 oz vodka mixed with cranberry juice, topped with ½ oz peach schnapps.
• Harvey Wallbanger: 1 oz vodka mixed almost to the top with orange juice, finished with a ½ oz float of Galliano.

Serving Tips

• Always use an ice-filled glass for these cocktails.
• Sip sticks or straws are recommended for mixing and serving.
• Adjust proportions as needed for personal preferences.