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13 to Try: Vermouths

Imbibe Magazine

Elegant in a simple highball or adding a floral touch to a Martini, the Sakura vermouth opens new avenues for cocktail exploration. Made using predominantly local botanicals macerated in pomace brandy, which is then aged and blended with the wine, Tximista isn’t quite like any other vermouth on the market.

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Types of Cocktail Glasses: A Guide to Bar Glassware

A Bar Above

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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The 30 Best Tequilas for 2025

VinePair

That profile makes this a great selection for highballs and Margaritas, while the price bolsters its selection as a cocktail staple. Bright, energetic, with a subtle core of sweet agave, it surely owes some of its intensity and definition to its 48-percent-ABV bottling strength. But vault over that bar it did.

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Clarified Cocktails Are Everywhere — It’s Getting Boring

VinePair

These two pillars of clarification come together in the perfectly balanced Pear Highball at Scarfes Bar in the Rosewood London Hotel. “It It has the appearance of a classic highball, the clarity our visitors expect,” says Martin Siska the Area Director of Bars, Europe, for Rosewood Hotels.

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The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

Drinkhacker

We ranked and argued and analyzed, and after a little math came up with what is obviously the most definitive list of summer cocktailing ever published. Add ice to a highball glass. Add wine and brandy and stir well. Pimm’s No. Add Pimm’s No. 1 and lemon juice, top with ginger ale or sparkling lemonade, and stir.

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Brazilian Buck (Easy Cachaça Cocktail)

Moody Mixologist

While the exact origin of these cocktails is subject to some debate, the general consensus is that the Buck cocktail definitely predates the Moscow Mule. The Buck cocktail is believed to have originated in the late 19th century, with variations using different base spirits like gin, whiskey, or brandy.

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The Evolution of the American Milkshake

Imbibe Magazine

However, legal definitions, industry jargon, and common use shift and elide overtime and geography. Prior to World War I, a shake might be made with brandy, gin, or another ardent spirit. Even their own primary rulethat the milk must be full-cream milkis an educated stance rather than a universal law.

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