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Classic Cocktail Recipes
Highball
A long drink of spirit plus a non-alcoholic mixer over ice in a tall glass.
The highball is the workingman's cocktail: whiskey and soda, gin and tonic, rum and Coke. It travels well, refreshes fast, and forgives imprecision. Japan has elevated the whisky highball into a national ritual with dedicated glassware and ice.