Cocktail recipe
English Highball
Highball glass · Ordinary Drink · Global cocktail tradition
Pour English Highball when you want something citrus and dry: a highball-style cocktail centered on Brandy.
Ingredients
- 3/4 ozBrandy
- 3/4 ozGin
- 3/4 ozSweet Vermouth
- —Carbonated water
- —Lemon peel
How to make it
- Pour brandy, gin, and sweet vermouth into a highball glass over ice cubes.
- Fill with carbonated water.
- Add the twist of lemon peel, stir, and serve.
- (Ginger ale may be substituted for carbonated water, if preferred.)
Story
The appeal of English Highball is in the way Brandy, Gin and Sweet Vermouth meet: direct, distinctive and easy to understand from the first sip. Its citrus and dry profile makes it a natural fit for a highball glass.
Best for
celebratory · social · lighthearted · citrus · dry