VinePair

APRIL 8, 2025

One distillery at the forefront of the movement for official recognition of American Single Malts (ASM) is Balcones, a craft distillery owned by Diageo thats been producing whisky since 2009 and creating single malts since 2011. Warm afternoons and laid-back get-togethers set the stage for this no-fuss highball that lets the Lineage shine.

Highball 98

Highball Bitters Bar Spoon Simple Syrup 98

The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 21, 2025

I will certainly be cracking open a bottle once the winter finally comes to an end. The whiskey liqueur is bottled at 35% ABV, making it a little more approachable than whiskey with a higher ABV. Its familiar yet surprising, the kind of flavor that feels like coming home. How Is Jack Daniels Tennessee Apple Made?

Liqueur 98

Liqueur Whiskey Highball Brandy 98

Drinkhacker

JUNE 16, 2025

It’s an open-secret pseudonym for Highland Park used with some indie bottlings. A- / $119 Signatory Vintage Blair Athol 2011 First Fill Ruby Port Finish 13 Years Old Review This Speyside distillery is a considerable rarity (we’ve seen it precisely once ), and with a ruby Port finish? 116 proof. This is fully unique.

Rum 79

Rum Whiskey Highball Wine 79

The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 18, 2024

Buy your bottle of Lagavulin 16 on Master of Malt. It had to be put on allocation and was eventually made the flagship bottling of the Islay distillery. But this simple twist on a Highball cocktail, typically made with blended Scotch and soda water, came from respected whisky writer Dave Broom. That was wrong.

Signature Cocktails 116

Signature Cocktails Highball Bottling Beer 116

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You’ll need bottles of apple brandy and Scotch whisky. And it helps if you have a small mist/spray bottle on hand too. 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

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The light bulb went off in 2009 and two years later, in 2011, they would partner with Munemasa Shuzo Co. Club Soda Lemon Wheels Preparation Build in highball glass with ice and stir. In bar after bar in Asia and beyond, the landscape was dominated by vodka, rum, and whiskey. Asian spirits for that matter were nowhere to be found.

Simple Syrup 200

Simple Syrup Nightclub Highball Beer 200

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 24, 2025

Built from around 30 whiskies, it was designed to stand up to mixingbold, spicy, and smoky enough to make itself heard in a highball. Double Black First released in 2011, Double Black takes the familiar framework of Black Label and deepens the shadows. Though less complex than its predecessor, it has carved out its place in the range.

Highball 103

Highball Bottling Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 103