Highballs
Whiskey Highball
The purest long drink: good whisky and cold soda, kept tall, fizzy, and endlessly refreshing.
Prep
2 min
Cook
1 min
Total
3 min
Serves
1
Ingredients
Difficulty: Easy
- 45ml Japanese or blended whisky
- 120ml chilled soda water
- Lemon peel, to express
- Plenty of ice cubes
Method
- 1
Fill a tall highball glass to the top with cold ice and add the whisky.
- 2
Stir briefly to chill the spirit and the glass.
- 3
Add the soda water down the side of the glass to keep the bubbles, then give one gentle lift with a bar spoon.
- 4
Express a lemon peel over the top and drop it in.