Describe the technique for mixing highballs.
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Fill a highball glass 3/4 with ice
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Pour 1.5 liquor and fill with mixer
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Stir
What is the typical liquor to mixer ratio in a highball?
1:4
What garnish will always be used for highballs filled with tonic?
Lime
Gin and Tonic
1.5 oz gin
Fill with tonic
Garnish with lime
Orange Blossom
1.5 oz gin
Fill with orange juice
Garnish with orange
Vodka Tonic
1.5 oz vodka
Fill with tonic
Garnish with lime
Screwdriver
1.5 oz vodka
Fill with orange juice
No garnish
Cape Cod/
Cape Codder
1.5 oz vodka
1/2 oz of lime juice
Fill with cranberry juice
Garnish with lime
Greyhound
1.5 oz vodka
FIll with grapefruit juice
No garnish
Salty Dog
1.5 oz vodka or gin
Fill with grapefruit juice
Serve with salted rim
No garnish
Sea Breeze
1.5 oz vodka
Fill with grapefruit juice
Color with cranberry juice
Garnish with lime
Hawaiian Sea Breeze
1.5 oz vodka or dark rum
Fill with pineapple juice
Color with cranberry juice
No garnish
Madras
1.5 oz vodka
Fill with equal parts cranberry and orange juice
No garnish
Transfusion
1.5 oz vodka
Fill with grape juice
Splash of ginger ale
No garnish
Bloody Mary/
Bloody Maria
1.5 oz vodka or tequila
3 oz tomato juice
Dash any combination of the following:
- Lemon juice
- Black pepper
- Tabasco
- Rose's lime juice
- Worcestershire sauce
- Salt
Garnish with lime and celery stick
*Or use 1 part vodka or tequila to 3 parts Bloody Mary mix
Cuba Libre/
Rum and Coke
1.5 oz rum
Fill with coke
Garnish with lime
Rum and Tonic
1.5 oz rum
Fill with tonic
Garnish with lime
Rumble
1.5 oz dark rum
Fill with orange juice
No garnish
Rum and Pineapple
1.5 oz dark rum
Fill with pineapple juice
No garnish
Malibu Bay Breeze
1.5 oz Malibu rum
Fill with equal parts cranberry and pineapple juice
No garnish
Tequila Sunrise
1.5 oz tequila
Fill with orange juice
Color with a few drops of grenadine
Tequila Sunset
1.5 oz tequila
Fill with orange juice
Color with a few drops of Creme de Cassis
Garnish with orange
Mexicola
2 oz tequila
1/2 oz Rose's Lime Juice
Splash Coca-Cola
Garnish with lime
Melonball
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz Midori
Fill with orange juice
Pearl Harbor
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz Midori
Fill with pineapple juice
Harvey Wallbanger
1 oz vodka
Fill with orange juice
Float 1/2 oz Galliano
Sloe Screw
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz sloe gin
Fill with orange juice
Sloe Comfortable Screw
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz sloe gin
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Fill with orange juice
Sloe Comfortable Screw Up Against the Wall
1/2 oz vodka
1/2 oz sloe gin
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Fill with orange juice
Float 1/2 oz Galliano
Fuzzy Navel
1.5 oz peach schnapps
Fill with orange juice
Garnish with orange slice
