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The Big Apple, as the city is ironically nicknamed, is seeing a renaissance of classic cocktails like whiskey sours, martinis, and highballs. Other NYC spots have also added creative drinks spotlighting the apple to their menu, like Foxtail’s Honey Baked Apples, Lindens Apple Shiso Highball, and Altair’s Roasted Apples. Lemon Juice.5
Photo by Las Californias Gin Gin , Liqueur Figueroa Street Highball Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Photo by Las Californias Gin Absinthe , Brandy , Gin A Manzanita A Day Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Pear Brandy 1 oz. Add potato to a container with 2 cups of Las Californias Citrico, shake and seal, and let rest for five days. Fine strain and bottle.
Brandy , Liqueur Monet’s Impression by Bar Bastion - 610 Lexington Ave, New York, NY Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Strain into the collins slim highball glass. Strain into highball glass filled with ice, top with soda water. Garnish with cucumber slices. Calvados ½ Bar spoon Matcha Powder ¼ oz. Ginger Syrup ½ oz. Cucumber Juice ½ oz.
Garnish with brandied cherry. New Grove white rum 6 mint leaves (plus extra for garnish) 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 lime (cut into wedges) 1 can chilled club soda Preparation: Muddle mint, combine ingredients in highball glass filled with ice. Gabriel Boudier Maraschino liqueur ½ oz. fresh lemon juice ¼ oz. Azteca Ingredients 1 oz.
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.
What goes up must come down, and thats been the case with the brandy and Cognac category. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% Just one of the leading brands, Sazeracs Paul Masson brandy, posted growth in 2023, and that was a scant 0.3% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8
Brandy , Liqueur Gran Duque D’Alba Solera Gran Reserva – “The Duque’s Side Car” Ingredients 1 3/4 oz Gran Duque d’Alba Solera Grand Reserva 1/2 oz Bauchant Orange Liqueur 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup Preparation Rim a coupe glass with a lemon wedge.
Shake and strain over fresh ice in a highball glass. Brandy , Fortified Wine , Vodka Enjoy The Silence Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Laphroaig 10 Single Malt Scotch 1 oz. Cheeky Cocktails Espresso Syrup 3-4 oz. A & W Root Beer Preparation Combine the first three ingredients in a shaker with ice. SMOKE LAB Saffron Vodka 1 oz.
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.
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.
And it’s a story that results in one of my favorite clever drink variations — an apple brandy-forward riff on the Penicillin (a honey-ginger Scotch whisky sour) that I’ve never seen published anywhere. You’ll need bottles of apple brandy and Scotch whisky.
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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.
Highballs at Kiko When dining out in the depths of winter, an often unspoken yet wildly important factor in choosing a restaurant is its warmth. Our favorite was the Nashi Highball, made with Japanese whisky , sherry , ginger, and pear cider. Here are the best things to drink in NYC this February, according to our editors.
Fresh, summery and perfect for low abv cocktails and highballs, this is a terrific port to beat the heat. Ingredients: 2 oz Tails of the Unexpected Tawny Eyes 1 oz Aguardente (Portuguese brandy) (can be substituted with brandy or grappa) Dash of cocoa bitters Dash of orange bitters 0.5
While some recipes call for the cocktail to be served in a highball, we recommend sending your Air Mail out in a Champagne flute to stay true to its French roots. Sticking true to the former’s build, the Jack Rose Royale pairs Laird’s Straight Apple Brandy and juicy grenadine before lemon juice is added to brighten things up a bit.
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.
Add ice to a highball glass. RT Sangria 1 bottle of Gamay, Zinfandel, or Garnacha wine (note: it’s okay to go cheap here) 1/2 cup brandy 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1 tablespoon of sugar summer fruits of choice (start with lemons, limes, and oranges), quartered Vigorously mix the juice, sugar, and cut fruit together in a large container.
That phenomenon eventually gave way to the advent of the flip in 1874, which was first documented as a shaken cocktail with a whole egg, sugar, brandy or gin , and garnished with nutmeg. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice. This modern flip pays homage to the Guinness’s original St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
Bartenders have long toyed with the Mule’s component parts, subbing its vodka base for gin , Jamaican rum, Pimm’s , apple brandy , mezcal , or bourbon, and zhuzhing its flavor profile with everything from absinthe to raspberries, hibiscus, peach schnapps, and sarsaparilla. This doesn’t always spring from the minds of barkeeps, either.
Orlando filled the little space he had to the gills with spirits and liqueurs that showcase terroir; mezcal , r(h)um, brandy, and an extensive shelf dedicated to eaux de vie. From Backbar to Cocktail Beyond the spirits list handed to guests, backbar choices become the palette of flavors from which bartenders create drinks. “Put
This whisky is finished in apple brandy casks, enhancing its natural sweetness and fruitiness, making it an approachable step into the world of single malts. Go double apple with some apple juice, soda if you just want to take the edge off, or lemonade to amp up the sweetness.
French style brandy, Bardinet, is celebrating the latest addition to its range – Bardinet Inspirations – with a decadent new series of cocktails, each re-creating the flavours of iconic French desserts ‘in a glass’. The brandy which takes his name is crafted with the same passion today.
Stir gently, garnish with a mint sprig and serve in a highball glass to enjoy its invigorating taste. Combine 2 ounces of tequila, 1 ounce of grapefruit juice, ½ ounce of orange juice and a splash of lime juice in a highball glass filled with ice. Shake well, then strain into a highball or tiki glass filled with crushed ice.
Stir gently, garnish with a mint sprig and serve in a highball glass to enjoy its invigorating taste. Combine 2 ounces of tequila, 1 ounce of grapefruit juice, ½ ounce of orange juice and a splash of lime juice in a highball glass filled with ice. Shake well, then strain into a highball or tiki glass filled with crushed ice.
elderflower liqueur Splash of soda 2 orange slices Cocktail cherry Steps: Add Blade and Bow and elderflower liqueur Muddle one of the orange slices Add ice, stir, and top with a splash of soda Garnish with an orange slice and brandied cherry Roe and Cosy This is the Roe & Cosy. Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey .5
Rebujito A popular way to beat the heat in southern Spain, the classic Rebujito is a simple highball of dry sherry and Sprite or 7up. Ingredients 50ml Valdespino Fino Inocente 10ml Lemon juice 10ml Lime Juice 20ml 1:1 simple syrup Soda Water 6 Mint leaves Method Pour the sherry, citrus juice, sugar and mint leaves into a highball glass.
The Buck cocktail is believed to have originated in the late 19th century, with variations using different base spirits like gin, whiskey, or brandy. 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.
In a highball glass, muddle fresh mint leaves to release aromatic oils. Combine 1 part of white rum,1 part of Grenadine, 1 of Absinthe Original, 1 of Apricot brandy, and 3 of orange juice. Minty Coke Kick Venture into uncharted territory by pairing the effervescence of cola with the botanical essence of Absinthe in the Minty Coke Kick.
William Schmidt’s ‘The Flowing Bowl’, which was published in 1892, included quite a few ice cream cocktails, including the brandy and rum-laced Glorious Fourth. William Schmidt’s ‘The Flowing Bowl’, which was published in 1892, included quite a few ice cream cocktails, including the brandy and rum-laced Glorious Fourth.
It’s aged in a mix of European and American sherry-seasoned casks and the peat is present but balanced, so I find it fun to mix with other whiskies and fruit brandies like bonded apple brandy.” Though it is not the cheapest, it creates exotic and complex sours, highballs, and Negronis.” It’s a slam-dunk no matter the cocktail.”
But double the mint and muddle it in a highball glass before adding simple syrup, fresh lime juice, and rum in place of gin, and you’ll have yourself a Mojito. Opt for brandy , lemon juice, and a chilled coupe sans ice and it’s a Sidecar. In the mood for tequila instead?
Its 44 percent ABV ensures that it will shine as either a neat pour or the base of summertime highballs. On the palate, were greeted with notes of brandy-soaked fruit, sweet balsamic vinegar, and sourdough bread, culminating in a chocolatey finish.
It is thought that the elixir was intended to be mixed with brandy. Ingredients: 1 part Drambuie 1 part Tequila 1 part Coffee 1 part Grapefruit juice Method: Pour all the ingredients over ice in a rocks glass or slim highball and stir. However, in Scotland, it was mixed with scotch whisky instead. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
See Recipe The Perfect Pear While Scotch may not be the first spirit you think of when you think “daytime cocktail,” this seasonal highball bursting with autumnal aromas of cinnamon and pear is sure to prove you wrong. See Recipe Autumn Daiquiri If you thought brandy was exclusively only for your older relatives, think again.
Whether it’s bourbon, rum, gin, brandy, or wine, getting a little help from a spirited ingredient can be just the ticket. Gin & Tonic Cake The spirit of a classic highball in a show-stopping cake. Apple Brandy Canels An autumnal take on the traditional French pastry. Sometimes you just want to go all in on dessert.
Brooklyn Special Cherry rounds out the coffee and cola notes in this whiskey highball. Honey Baked Apples Foxtail’s autumnal apple cocktail builds on the classic Saratoga with seasonal ingredients apple brandy, apple cider, and cranberries. But the addition of Fernet Branca makes it the perfect way to end a meal.
Brandy , Cognac , Liqueur Side Pear by Jess Householder / '@j_uicyj / @grangershouston Ingredients 1 oz. Shake and strain over fresh ice into highball glass half rimmed with lime pepper seasoning. Ginger Add ginger to a bottle of brandy or rum when youre thinking about infusing a new liquor for your at-home collection.
At the time, brandy wasn’t particularly new. French brandy production dates to the 1300s and started out, like a lot of other spirits, as something intended for medicinal purposes. In 1724, an entrepreneurial winemaker in southwestern France with a catchy name — Rémy Martin — began his journey with distilling the now famous spirit.
It is perhaps the boldest booze move the city’s drinking landscape has seen since Joe Heron decided to open brandy distillery Copper & Kings a decade ago. The bar is Tartan House and it opened in the Butchertown neighborhood in August 2023. Tartan House carries dozens of bourbon brands, but it also stocks almost as many kinds of Scotch.
Ingredients 1 ¼ ounces Horse Soldier Signature Small Batch bourbon ¾ ounce apple brandy ⅓ ounce cinnamon syrup 2 dashes orange bitters 8-10 sage leaves Garnish: Sage sprig and grated cinnamon Directions Lightly spank sage leaves to release their essence and pack them in the bottom of a highball glass.
The classic Smash cocktail The original Smash debuted some time in the mid 1800s and was commonly made with brandy. For this substitution, fine strain your cocktail into a highball glass filled with ice (rather than a lowball), and then top with ginger beer. This makes a different-tasting cocktail, but it is delicious nonetheless.
A Spanish, wine-based bitter red aperitivo, this liqueur is fruity and light, and ideal for simple summer highballs. Produced with eau-de-vie, brandy , and heirloom peaches from the heart of Frances Rhne Valley, this French liqueur captures the pure essence of ripe, peak-season peaches from nose to finish. How do you serve liqueur?
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