the best highball
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three easy highball cocktails & tips for making the best highballs
To me, there is an art to a proper highball. While the recipes I show are easy, it’s the tips that look at particular details that can bring them from good to great.
Perfect highball tip #1: everything should be cold
Get every ingredient as chilly as possible. Your mixer, of course, but also your spirits and your glass. Carbonation performs its best in a cold environment — meaning, your drink will be brighter and the bubbles will be more impactful the colder everything is to start.
Making the best highball tip #2: perfect your ratios
Ideally for a highball, you’re looking for 2 parts mixer to one part spirit. You want the bubbles to actually shine through (too little, and your dink will taste like slightly-watered down booze instead of a refreshing and bubbly cocktail). The correct ratio also provides balance to the alcohol content of the spirits.
Highball cocktail tip #3: use a high-quality mixer
Among the most important are the quality of the mixer you use. Use a premium mixer. I like Q MIXERS. They have two major advantages compared to other store bought brands in two ways:
1.) they are carbonated at a higher level, specifically produced to be matched in a cocktail without compromising on bubble quality and intensity
2.) they have a lower sugar content, sweetened naturally with agave, to provide a canvas better suited to allow the spirits they are paired with to shine their best.
Lillet & Tonic Highball
1.5oz Lillet Blanc
3oz Q MIXERS TONIC WATER
Whiskey & Ginger Highball
2oz Irish Whiskey
4oz Q MIXERS GINGER ALE
Japanese Highball
2oz Japanese Whisky
4-5oz Q MIXERS CLUB SODA
Cocktail Directions
Serve each cocktail over ice, giving a gentle stir to incorporate ingredients. Garnish with citrus if you desire.
