Showing posts with label #highball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #highball. Show all posts

Monday, July 5, 2010

Roffignac

2 oz Cognac
1 oz raspberry syrup
soda water

Stir Cognac and syrup in a highball glass with ice. Top off with soda.  Swizzle, and serve.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Presbyterian

2 oz blended whisk(e)y
1 1/2 oz club soda
1 1/2 oz ginger ale

Build in a highball glass; agitate; lemon twist.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

John Collins

2 1/2 oz bourbon
1 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
club soda

Shake all but club soda with ice, then strain into an ice-filled highball glass.  Top with club soda and agitate to mix. Garnish with an orange slice and a marasca cherry.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Cuba Libre

2 oz light rum
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
3 oz Coca-Cola

Build in order above in an ice-filled highball glass, and garnish with a lime wedge.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Morning Glory

1 oz rye
1 oz Cognac
1/2 tsp curacao
1 tsp simple syrup
1 dash absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
club soda

Stir with ice, then strain into a chilled Collins glass; top with club soda; stir again with a sugar-coated spoon; lemon twist.

Gin Rickey

2 oz London dry gin
1/2 oz lime juice
1 tsp simple syrup
club soda

Combine all but club soda, and shake. Strain into a iced Collins glass, and top with club soda. Agitate to mix.

Pimm's Cup

2 oz Pimm's No. 1
1 splash fresh lemon juice
~2 oz Sprite or 7-Up
1 longitudinal and 1 transverse cucumber slice

Combine Pimm's and lemon juice, and stir with ice in a Collins glass. Top with lemon-lime soda, and agitate.  Slide long cucumber slice into glass, and garnish the rim with the other slice.