VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

Enter: the Highball. Typically consisting of a spirit, soda, and ice, Highballs don’t require much effort, which is ideal when there’s already sweat rolling down your neck. When it comes to the Highball, the world is your oyster. Keep reading to discover the 18 best Highballs to help beat the heat.

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Highball Simple Syrup Tequila Gin 94

Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Photo by Las Californias Gin Gin , Liqueur Figueroa Street Highball Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Green Apple Cordial* 3 dashes Absinthe Topo Chico, to top Preparation Add all ingredients except Topo Chico in a highball glass, add ice, and top with Topo Chico. Photo by Las Californias Gin Beer , Gin Citrus is a Winter Fruit Ingredients 1 1/2 oz.

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Simple Syrup Highball Brandy Vodka 242

Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A & W Root Beer Preparation Combine the first three ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain over fresh ice in a highball glass. Top with root beer and garnish with Little Debbie Nutty Buddy Bar and 3 star anises. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a slapped sprig of thyme. SMOKE LAB Aniseed Vodka ½ oz.

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Vodka Mixologist Bitters Highball 246

Chilled Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Below, you’ll find two of their delicious cocktails using Lucky Saint, The UK’s #1 dedicated alcohol-free beer! Vanilla and Lucky Saint Beer reduction* Preparation: Add all the ingredients into a shaker and single strain into a highball with ice cubes. Vanilla and Lucky Saint Beer reduction* Ingredients: 660 ml.

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Mocktails Zero-Proof Muddling Beer 242

Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Stop in for a Gimlet or draft beer served in a chilled silver tankard. The bar has its own beer on tap brewed locally by top Hong Kong craft brewer, Young Master Brewery. For something uniquely refreshing, there’s the Gari Gari, a highball made with whisky, ponzu, passion fruit, pickled ginger, and seltzer.

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Highball Bar Infusions Bartending 278

Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Fever Tree Ginger Beer Preparation Start off with a highball glass and crushed ice. Add all ingredients with the Ginger beer being the last ingredient. The idea is to get a consistency similar to a slushy to pour into the glass, and then top with the ginger beer. of Seedlip Spice 3/4 oz. Sour AF Lime 1 oz.

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Mocktails Alcohol Nightlife Beer 246

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

Ginger Beer Preparation Dilute Calm as directed on the package. Non-Alcoholic Rent is Way Too Highball Ingredients 1 oz. Grapefruit Soda Preparation Rub lime on the outside of the rim of a Highball glass. Calm Cherry, diluted 1 oz. Tart Cherry Juice.25 Fresh Lime Juice 4 oz. Allow Calm to cool. Calm Unflavored, diluted 1 oz.

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Mocktails Highball Aperitif Alcohol 244

Australian Bartender

APRIL 3, 2025

Beyond whisky, the bar also serves Japanese beers, sake, and handcrafted whisky cocktails. Signature house-made sodas elevate the whisky highball menu, offering six highballs, all available in mocktail versions.

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Bar Highball Mocktails Infusions 78

Chilled Magazine

MAY 26, 2025

Club Soda Preparation Add all ingredients to highball glass over ice. Lime Juice Preparation Pour all ingredients into highball glass with ice. Lime Juice Preparation Add all ingredients to highball glass over ice. Ginger Beer oz. Stir to incorporate. Garnish with lemon or lime wedge. Gently stir. Stir to incorporate.

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Bitters Highball Mocktails Alcohol 130

Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ginger Beer Preparation Build all ingredients into a mixing tin, add ice and shake. Egg Whites Preparation Stir all ingredients and strain over fresh ice, top with a light splash of ginger beer. Photo by Clique Hospitality Non-Alcoholic Blood in the Sand by Borracha Mexican Cantina, Green Valley Ranch — Henderson, NV Ingredients 1 oz.

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Mocktails Hospitality Alcohol Muddling 246

Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Patrick's Day often conjures images of vibrant green beer, a tradition that, while fun, can feel a bit… basic. Aesthetics vs. Authenticity While a neon-green beer might grab attention, it lacks the authenticity and sophistication of a naturally colored drink. Shake well and strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

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Beer Muddling Simple Syrup Highball 52

VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

I’ve used it in everything from Dirty Martinis to clarified tomato highballs. The ones poured from a spout, like beer? Cocktails aren’t beer. .” —Cheyenne Paydar, bartender, Monkey Thief , New York City “People clutch their pearls when I say this, but MSG belongs in cocktails. It still feels crafted. But draft cocktails?

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Bartending Bartender High Volume Head Bartender 98

Imbibe Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Serve it over ice with a lemon twist, or top with sparkling water for a refreshing highball. It pairs fruity, floral aromas with a rich, round palate and bitter herb flavors, then wraps it up with a long finish underscored by thyme and tarragon. 29.99, wine.com The post Taste Test: Blanc Vermouth appeared first on Imbibe Magazine.

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Bitters Muddling Highball Wine 264

VinePair

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Or we could be talking about a sports bar where the situation is more easygoing — beers and shots, traditionally. For instance, we hypothetically have a highball on the menu. We could be talking about tiki bars where people understand they’re getting multiple rums on top of different juices and syrups in a single cocktail.

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Bartending Bartender Tiki Tinctures 104

Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Is it a classic aperitif highball made with Campari, vermouth, and soda water? But to fully appreciate Cocchi Americano and effectively unlock its potential, it’s helpful to know what the wine is (and isn’t). Americano,” of course, is a term that covers several bases. Is it a shot or two (or four) of espresso stretched out with hot water?

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Aperitif Wine Lead Bartender Tequila 289

VinePair

JANUARY 8, 2025

This non-alcoholic highball from San Francisco's Trick Dog combines NA beer with non-alcoholic amaro, homemade syrup, and bitters.

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Highball Bitters Alcohol Beer 94

Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Highball glasses suit tall, refreshing drinks. Wine glasses are essential for wine enthusiasts, and beer glasses cater to beer lovers. Highball Glass: For Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule. Stock your cart with fresh juices (orange, cranberry, pineapple), soda water, tonic water, and ginger beer. Elegant and iconic.

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Bar Simple Syrup Bar Spoon Highball 52

A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Popular cocktails for a lowball glass: Old Fashioned Sazerac Negroni Copyright A Bar Above Highball Glass The highball glass is the taller, thinner sibling of the lowball. The highball is often confused with a Collins glass, which is actually just a taller glass.

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Bar Highball Craft Cocktails Bartending 130

A Bar Above

JANUARY 5, 2024

Copyright A Bar Above If you don’t drink (or are cutting back), you could of course stick with kombucha, coconut water, sparkling water, or ginger beer when at a birthday party or holiday gathering. But everyone likes to feel included! Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, add ice, and shake hard for 10 seconds.

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Mocktails Zero-Proof Simple Syrup Alcohol 215

VinePair

MAY 14, 2025

Shake well and strain into a wine or highball glass. Pepperoni Pizza and a Calavera Cobbler On the surface, another no-brainer, since pizza pairs so well with everything from root beer to Cabernet Sauvignon. Dash bitters over the drink and garnish. You can also rim your tequila glass with lime juice and Tajn spice for added zest.

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Tequila Bitters Liqueur Wine 111

VinePair

APRIL 11, 2025

When the VinePair team isnt busy working at HQ, were in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. Two ounces are poured from the tap into a highball glass over ice, topped with Topo Chico sparkling water, and garnished with a plump orange twist.

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Highball Rum Wine Bar 52

Mix That Drink

JUNE 15, 2025

Home / Cocktails / Vodka Recipes / Mountain Dew Cocktail Recipe Mountain Dew cocktail recipe features Midori, vodka or beer, and lemon-lime soda for a nostalgic, fizzy treat everyone loves. There are a couple of variations on this drink – one using beer, the other using vodka. By Jen Hours Updated: June 15, 2025 8.9k

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Vodka Bar Tools Beer Mixology 52

VinePair

AUGUST 2, 2024

That’s why we’re diving into the “Cocktail College” archives today to shine another light on this blend of fresh lime, crème de cassis, ginger beer, and blanco. Squeeze those limes, dust off the crème de cassis, get the ginger beer on ice, and tune in for more. Shake until cold and strain into a highball glass.

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Tequila Highball Beer Mixologist 91

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.

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Bartending Bartender Highball Vodka 111

VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

This bright concoction of ginger beer, vodka, lime and soda in its distinctive copper vessel might not garner the media love of its posher, pre-Prohibition counterparts — except perhaps that time word got out that it’s Oprah Winfrey’s favorite cocktail. The global ginger beer market is expected to reach $7.94 billion this year, up 7.6

Vodka 111

Vodka Beer Gin Bartending 111

VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“One local bar here in Boston, the Quiet Few, had on their boilermaker section of the menu a Runamok, which was a Strawberry Lemonade Naturdays beer paired with a shot of Mellow Corn as a nod to the whiskey camp experience and the internet phenomenon that followed.” And for the lightness of flavor, it makes a pretty good highball, too.”

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Whiskey Bartending Bartender Highball 126

VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

More Nitro Beers on Tap Credit: gchapel – stock.adobe.com Though the IPA gets the most makeovers year-over-year, some breweries are showing more love to their other brews with some bubbles. has a whole lineup of nitro beers and just launched a nitro Belgian Wit. Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing Co. The Hudson, N.Y.-based

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Tequila Happy Hour Beer Wine 130

Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Elegant in a simple highball or adding a floral touch to a Martini, the Sakura vermouth opens new avenues for cocktail exploration. Representing a convergence of Japanese and Italian culinary approaches, the light-pink Sakura is vividly fragrant with cherry blossoms and violets.

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Aperitif Bitters Wine Bartending 290

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

When the VinePair team isn’t busy working at HQ, we’re in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. But the real magic comes in the form of a vermouth highball that hits your table at the exact same time, containing mineral water and the “dirty ice” the Martini was stirred with.

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Highball Gin Wine Bitters 98

Cheers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Strain into a highball glass with ice. Top with ginger beer. . Heavy cream 2 oz. New Riff KY Straight Bourbon 1 oz. Chai tea spice syrup Nutmeg Biscotti cookie Instructions Combine ingredients and shake. Grate fresh nutmeg over top. Garnish with a biscotti cookie. Garnish with the cranberries.

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Simple Syrup Mixologist Liqueur Muddling 116

VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

Ingredients: 1 ½ cups Wild Turkey Bourbon 2 cups apple cider ½ cup ginger beer ¼ cup maple syrup Ice Garnish: apple slices and crystallized ginger Directions: In a large pitcher, combine Wild Turkey Bourbon, apple cider, ginger beer, and maple syrup. Add ice to highball glasses. Stir well to dissolve maple syrup.

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Vodka Tequila VIP Liqueur 105

Spiritz

JULY 22, 2024

The guests walking in checked out the beer serving stalls of Foster’s, Lone Wolf, Bad Monkey, Six Fields and Bee Young. Foster’s which returned to the capital after a gap was offering two variants: Australian strong premium beer and Sterren 8. Beer lovers are happy to see their favourite Foster’s back on the shelves.

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Beer Highball Club Infusions 64

Tales of the Cocktail

JUNE 17, 2024

Afternoon In The Garden 2 oz Amaro Georgiano 3 oz Prosecco 2oz Montaine Honeysuckle Sparkling Water Build in a highball or your favorite wine glass. Offering training and development opportunities, particularly for those from underrepresented groups, help build a more equitable industry. Until we drink again, cheers!

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 4, 2024

The menu includes both perennial offerings and seasonal specials (all about £15), the latter of which I dipped into with the Pear & Gooseberry Highball, a mix of Nc’nean single malt, Christina’s own crab pear whiskey liqueur, honey fermented crab pear, and Idyll gooseberry soda.

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Bar Live Music Live Music Rum 111

VinePair

MARCH 19, 2024

When you walk into Gilly’s House of Cocktails in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, you’ll catch folks circling around one of the two billiards tables playing pool for free, likely with a beer in hand. You’ll likely notice its brightness and cleanliness. You can’t start it. Only your guests can.

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Bar Hospitality High Volume Beer 98

Australian Bartender

MARCH 16, 2024

Sake Described as wine, brewed like beer, and tasting patently like neither, sake’s undefinable complexity is just one part of its intrigue. Upon completion of fermentation, the beer undergoes distillation, typically a single round for most producers. Needless to say, we are spoilt for choice without even going wheels up on a 747.

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Liquor Highball Bar Beer 98

Australian Bartender

MARCH 12, 2024

Sake Described as wine, brewed like beer, and tasting patently like neither, sake’s undefinable complexity is just one part of its intrigue. Upon completion of fermentation, the beer undergoes distillation, typically a single round for most producers. Needless to say, we are spoilt for choice without even going wheels up on a 747.

Liquor 98

Liquor Highball Bar Beer 98