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Highballs
Highballs, together with other beverages similar in form, come second
only to cocktails in importance to the connoisseur. They are, in fact,
merely "extended" cocktails—i. e., the first half prepared in the same man
ner and the second half made up of any one of a dozen or more fillers
such as Ginger Ale, Seltzer, White Rock, Lime Rickey, etc., etc. This
class of beverage should be served in the Highball glass (6-ounce), Short
Highball (4-ounce) or Tall Highball (8-ounce). Each recipe will specify
the proper glass to be used.
Highballs, even more so than Cocktails, provide the ingenious mixer
with room for imagination. Here he or she not only has a choice of the
many Liqueurs, Cordials, Bitters, etc., but also the further choice of a
proper filler. Many pleasant surprises are in store for the experimenter.
Aa with Cocktails the publisher has endeavored to cover the entire field
so that the choice of the host shall be from the widest range of beverages,
but in all instances specifying only the filler called for in the original recipe.
ADMIRAL
Whisky
jigger Pineapple Syrup ...2 dashes
Tokay
% jigger Lemon
2 dashes
Seltzer
to fill
Stir well with ice, strain into highball glass. Add lump of ice, fill with
seltzer and serve.
AMERICAN GLORY
Champagne
1 jigger Orange
1 jigger
Plain Soda
to fill
Stir gently in highball glass with ice, fill with soda and serve with straws.
AMER PICON
Amer Picon
1 jigger Grenadine
Vi jigger
Seltzer
to fill
Stir well with ice and strain into highball glass. Add lump of ice, fill with
seltzer and serve with straws.
APPLEJACK
Applejack
54 jigger Brandy
1 spoon
Lemon
1 spoon Sugar Syrup
1 spoon
Seltzer
to fill
Shake well with ice and strain into highball glass. Add lump of ice, seltzer
to fill and serve with straws.