VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I was first introduced to Mellow Corn around 2010 by a fellow bartender,” recalls Anu Apte of Rob Roy in Seattle. “At Sure, it’ll make a fine whiskey cola or ginger with bitters. And for the lightness of flavor, it makes a pretty good highball, too.” This stubborn attachment to nostalgia is a feature not a flaw. Peach and corn?

Whiskey 126

Whiskey Bartender Bartending Highball 126

Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

Add ice to a highball glass. simple syrup 2 dashes Angostura bitters orange peel for garnish In an Old Fashioned glass, add the simple syrup and Angostura bitters. Aperol Spritz Chris called this the “it” cocktail of 2010, and it has certainly worked its way into the zeitgeist as a major summer cocktail staple.

Simple Syrup 122

Simple Syrup Gin Tequila Rum 122

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

But the result — a fall-friendly, smoky-apple, honey-ginger sour topped with a delicate layer of warming bitter spice — is very much worth the work. This would have been around 2010 or 2011, on my second visit to the Columbia Room, when I knew almost nothing about the world of classic cocktails. What Can I Get You?

Brandy 52

Brandy Bartender Bartending Gin 52

VinePair

JANUARY 30, 2025

Dubbed the Martini Our Way , it comprises two-and-a-half ounces of Old Raj gin, a half-ounce of fino sherry vermouth, and four dashes of orange bitters. Most notably of all, the Martini arrives with a highball sidecar of the ice used to mix the drink plus an additional slug of vermouth, all topped with Spanish mineral water.

Highball 116

Highball Vodka Gin Bartender 116

VinePair

MAY 15, 2025

The simple highball consists of tequila, lime juice, crme de cassis, and a splash of ginger beer, making it a refreshing respite from its rum-based cohorts. The mix of bourbon, lime juice, simple syrup, allspice dram, and bitters bridges the gap between the continental U.S.

Rum 100

Rum Gin Highball Bartender 100

VinePair

APRIL 3, 2025

It is overproof, but its extremely soft, says Sarah Morrissey, bar director at Le Veau dOr, where the house Martini cheekily titled our way on the menu calls for 2 and a half ounces of Old Raj to a half-ounce of dry vermouth, and comes with a highball sidecar of vermouth and Vichy water. It makes a very beautiful Martini.

Gin 103

Gin Bartender Bartending Highball 103