Bar Manager Beer Highball 
PUNCH
JULY 3, 2025
The drink, a simple highball of vodka, ginger beer and lime, is often too one-note for me. For their take on the drink, bar manager and Best New Bartender alum Jordan Valls and his team start with vodka and lime, but use ginger syrup instead of ginger beer, and add bubbles via carbonated roasted-coconut juice.
Chilled Magazine
APRIL 25, 2025
Specials rotate regularly, from raw bar picks and steak for two to caviar service and a late-night menu that keeps the kitchen buzzing after hours. Junebugs beverage program, led by Bar Manager and Assistant GM Sophie Burton, is fruit-forward, playful, and expertly crafted. Closed Mondays. Reservations available on Resy.
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VinePair
JULY 29, 2025
This Islay expression is a standout and a permanent fixture on my bar cart.” Lance Bowman, bar manager, UMMO , Chicago “ Monkey Shoulder. We love it neat, in a classic Scotch highball, or even as the base for a more creative cocktail. At just 5 years old and 94.8
VinePair
AUGUST 28, 2024
The easiest cocktails to master, according to bartenders: Manhattan Cuba Libre Moscow Mule Daiquiri Vodka Martini Old Fashioned Whiskey Highball Honeysuckle Negroni Vodka Soda “The easiest drink to master, from my perspective, is the classic Manhattan. Karynn Brown, bartender, Amor y Amargo , NYC “I would have to say the Whiskey Highball.
Cheers
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Strain into a highball glass with ice. Notes Katie Tobin, bar manager at The Aquifer Bar at New Riff Distilling, Newport, KY, created this recipe. Top with ginger beer. . New Riff KY Straight Bourbon 1 oz. Grate fresh nutmeg over top. Garnish with a biscotti cookie. Lime juice 1 oz.
VinePair
OCTOBER 15, 2024
It packs a punch at 100 proof, making it perfect for a wide range of cocktails, from a refreshing highball to an egg white Whiskey Sour or a classic Old Fashioned. It’s great neat, stirred, served with a beer on the side, mixed, or straight out the bottle. Brian Clark, bar manager, Madrina , Webster Groves, Mo.
VinePair
MAY 13, 2024
2 spot on North America’s 50 Best Bar list. The Vodka Y Soda isn’t just a two-ingredient highball; they add guava and pasilla into the mix, and the result is refreshing and intensely flavorful. Still, it’s a well drink at heart, served by an acclaimed, white-hot bar in the East Village. Each of these bars is a year old or less.
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