Highball
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Highball is the name for a family of mixed drinks that are composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer. Originally, the most common highball was made with Scotch whisky and carbonated water.[1]
There are many rivals for the fame of mixing the first highball, including the Adams House in Boston.[2] New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed the highball was brought to the U.S. in 1894 from England by actor E. J. Ratcliffe.[3]
The Online Etymology Dictionary suggests that the name originated around 1898 and probably derives from ball meaning a "drink of whiskey" and high because it is served in a tall glass. Or the name may have come from the railroad signal meaning "clear track ahead."[4] Another possible explanation comes from the time of drinking. A highball, as opposed to a cocktail which is drunk in the evening before dinner, is drunk in the afternoon when the sun is high (ball referring to the sun) and should be light and refreshing.
Well-known examples of highballs include Jack and Coke, Cuba Libre, Scotch and Soda, Seven and Seven, the Moscow Mule, the gin and tonic, and Sex on the Beach. A highball is typically served in large straight-sided glass, for example, a highball glass or a Collins glass, with ice. The proportions of some highballs, such as the Alabama Slammer, may be altered—made with little or no mixer—and served as a shooter.
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[edit] List of highballs
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- Alabama Slammer — 1 part Amaretto, 1 part Southern Comfort, 1 part sloe gin, and 1 part orange juice
- Blackout Grin — Coke, Gin, and Vodka
- Brass Monkey - Either refers to a mixture or vodka, rum, and orange juice, or a mixture of malt liquor and orange juice.
- Caipirinha - traditional Brazilian drink made of 2 parts lemon and sugar, 1 part cachaça
- Caipiroska - fictitious alegoric Russian name to Caipirinha made with vodka instead of cachaça
- Cape Codder or Cape Cod — vodka, cranberry juice and a slice of lime.
- Captain Coke — Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Coca-Cola
- Captain Jack - Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Root Beer (also known as a Morgan Daniels)
- Caribou Lou — Bacardi 151, Malibu Rum, and pineapple juice. This drink was popularized in several songs by the rapper Tech N9ne.
- Charro Negro — tequila, Coke (common in Mexico)
- Comb — pure Cacique (Costa Rica) lemon and salt
- Crimson Death — Absinthe strained through sugar with cranberry juice over ice
- Crunk Juice — Hennessy (cognac) and Red Bull
- Cuba Libre — rum, cola, and lime juice
- Danis - vodka, grapefruit soda, and orange juice
- Dark and Stormy — a Bermudian drink, made with 2 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum, 4 oz ginger beer, and a lime wedge garnish. Gosling's Rum owns the trademark on the term "Dark 'N Stormy".
- Dirt MaGirt - Jack Daniels and Blenheim's Ginger Ale
- Double Berry - vodka and cranberry juice cocktail
- Freddie Fudpucker — a variation on the Harvey Wallbanger that uses tequila.
- Fuzzy Navel — equal parts peach schnapps and orange juice
- Gin and Tonic — gin and tonic water
- Gin Buck — 1 part gin, 6 parts ginger ale, and 1/2 part of lemon or lime juice
- Gitmo Rich - 6 oz Ginger Ale, squirt of Lime Juice, 1 shot Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, splash of Jack Daniels
- Green Goblin- UV Blue Vodka and Lemon Juice
- Greyhound — vodka or gin, grapefruit juice, and carbonated water.
- Hard Arnold — vodka, Iced Tea, and Lemonade
- Harvey Wallbanger — vodka, Galliano, and orange juice
- Hairy Navel — vodka, peach schnapps, and orange juice
- Hairy Virgin — rum, orange liqueur, and apple juice
- Jack and Coke — Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola
- Jellybean — ouzo, lemonade and a splash of raspberry liqueur, stirred and served in an old-fashioned glass over ice
- Joker — gin, Kool-Aid powder mix, tonic water, and orange juice.
- Kansas Slammer — vodka, white grape juice, tequila, a splash of Lemon Juice stirred in old-fashioned glass over ice with a lime slice
- Kevorkian — Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Dr Pepper
- Long Island Iced Tea — vodka, tequila, white rum, triple-sec, gin, lemon juice, gomme syrup, and cola
- Lynchburg Lemonade — Jack Daniel's, orange liqueur, sour mix, and lemon-lime soda, served over ice with a lemon wedge or maraschino cherry garnish
- Madras — vodka, cranberry juice, and orange juice.
- Malibu Stacy - Malibu Rum, and pineapple juice.
- Melonball - 2 oz Midori, 1 oz vodka, pineapple juice (or orange juice)
- Mojito — white rum, sugar, lime, carbonated water and mint
- Moscow Mule — vodka, ginger beer, and lime, served in a copper mug
- Palatine Breeze (cocktail) — vodka, pineapple-orange
- Papi Chulo - 2 cola, 1 Captain Morgan, 1/2 Parrot Bay - served tall over ice with wedge lime wedge; originated in Tampa, Fl., by CubaRican William "Papi Chulo" Farias.
- Paralyzer — vodka, Kahlúa, cream or milk, and Coca-Cola
- Pepperapple Snap — pineapple juice, ginger ale, and Rumpleminze peppermint schnapps
- Pimm's Cup — Pimm's No.1 Cup, and ginger ale, lemon-lime soft drink, or carbonated water
- Piscola — Pisco and Coca Cola, popular in Chile
- Presbyterian — rye whiskey, carbonated water, and ginger ale
- Pucker Up — Apple Pucker and 7 Up
- Rye and Ginger — Canadian whisky (often called "rye" in Canada), ginger ale, sometimes called "Canada's national drink"
- Salty Dog — vodka or gin, grapefruit juice, and a salted rim
- Scotch and Soda — Scotch Whisky and soda water
- Screwdriver — vodka and orange juice
- Sea Breeze — vodka, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice, garnished with a lime wedge.
- Seven and Seven — Seagram's 7 whisky and 7 Up, garnished with a lemon wedge.
- Sex on the Beach — vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice, and orange juice. A non-alcoholic version of this is known as Safe Sex on the Beach
- Sheriff of Nottingham - a British highball made with pressed apple juice (apple cider) and vodka named after a character in the legend of Robin Hood
- Skinny Pirate — Captain Morgan rum and diet cola
- Sloe Comfortable Screw — sloe gin, Southern Comfort, vodka, orange juice
- Touchdown — vodka, tequila, and Gatorade
- Tequila Sunrise — tequila, orange juice, and grenadine
- Toro Rojo — tequila and Red Bull Was made by Raimundo "Koloro" Cabello
- Vodka McGovern — equal parts of vodka, club soda and orange juice, poured over crushed ice, with a squeeze of lime over the top. Invented by Mike McGovern, a friend of Kinky Friedman.[citation needed]
- Vodka Tonic — vodka and tonic water made in Chile
[edit] Jack and Coke
| Type | Cocktail |
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| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard drinkware |
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| Preparation | Pour Jack Daniel's into Collins glass filled with ice. Fill to desired level with Coca-Cola. Stir lightly. |
Jack and Coke (also known as "JD and Coke" or "Tennessee Freedom") is a popular cocktail made with Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola. The drink is usually served in an old-fashioned glass or a Collins glass over ice. The term "Jack and Coke" has been used in combined advertising for Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola, and several products were created as part of this marketing campaign, including bar signs and taps.
Jack Daniel's released a canned beverage called "Jack Daniel's and cola," a mixed beverage of the same type as Jack and Coke, in the US, and in several markets in the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.[5]
Jack and Coke is also known under the umbrella name of Brown Eye, which is any kind of Whiskey mixed with Coca-Cola.
While "Jack and Coke" is arguably the most iconic of its type, other brands of whiskey and cola are often substituted in accordance with local popularity, availability, cost, and personal preference.
[edit] Salty Dog
| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| Type | Cocktail |
| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | Salted glass |
| Standard drinkware | rocks/old fashioned glass |
| IBA specified ingredients† |
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| Preparation | Shake and serve in a highball glass with a salted rim |
A Salty Dog is a cocktail containing vodka or gin and grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The main difference between the Salty Dog and the Greyhound is the salted rim.
[edit] Sloe Comfortable Screw
| Type | Cocktail |
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| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard drinkware |
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| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Pour Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka and Orange Juice into a Collins glass. Adding more Orange Juice and ice to set the level of alcohol. |
A Sloe Comfortable Screw is a mixed drink made with Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka and Orange Juice. It is typically served in a highball glass with ice. It is commonly made with equal parts of Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, and Vodka, and either another part orange juice (for a shot) or enough orange juice to fill the glass (for a lighter cocktail). Ice is commonly added to the lighter version.
[edit] Name
The name Sloe Comfortable Screw is from the ingredients:
- Sloe - Sloe Gin (pronounced like "slow")
- Comfortable - Southern Comfort
- Screw - Vodka and orange juice, which is a Screwdriver
[edit] Variations
The suggestive nature of the pun in the drink's name has invited many variations, extending the pun. A few examples are:
- Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall [6] - Floating a dash of Galliano on top turns the Screwdriver into a Harvey Wallbanger. Commonly served with a cherry.
- Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall, With a Kiss [7] - Adding a dash of Amaretto on top of the Galliano, adds a little amore ("love") - or a kiss.
- Sloe Comfortable Screw Against The Wall With Satin Pillows The Hard Way [8] - Adding 1 part Galliano make it against the wall, 1 part Frangelico gives it satin. But 1 part whisky makes the satin into a soft pillow that hits you in the head (like it does in a Pillow Mint or a Pillow Biter) and makes it hard.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "The "Scotch Highball"". New York Times. March 25, 1904. p. 8.
- ^ "Topics of the Times". New York Times. October 22, 1927. p. 16.
- ^ Patrick J. Duffy (October 25, 1927). "The First Scotch Highball". New York Times.
- ^ Anthony J. Bianculli. Trains and Technology. University of Delaware Press. p. 134.
- ^ Collins, Glenn. The New York Times. (January 18, 1996). THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING — ADDENDA; Additional Work On Jack Daniel's. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
- ^ Sloe comfortable screw against the wall (The Webtender)
- ^ Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall - With a Kiss Cocktail : UK > Drink Recipes > Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall - With a Kiss (cocktail recipe)
- ^ Sloe Comfortable Screw #1 (The Webtender)
