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Cablegram

Name: Cablegram
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Ginger syrup; 15 ml Lime juice; Top up with Soda water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Monin Ginger Syrup
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with	Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of crystallised ginger.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cablegram contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.62% alc./vol. (45.25° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

The Cablegram first appears in William "Cocktail" Boothby's 1908 The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them, where it's described as being "A Bourbon Whiskey and Ginger Ale Highball with a little sour added..." This forgotten classic was given a new lease of life in 2009 by Eric Alperin at The Varnish in Los Angeles, USA with a combination of ginger syrup and soda replacing ginger ale and a rye whiskey base adding a touch more kick.

More cocktails by Eric Alperin

Review

Whiskey and ginger with a fresh zing of lime.

Monin Ginger Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
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Comments & Discussion

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Patricia Baker 1y

Since I love ginger, I omitted topping up with soda water - delicious without it!

J W-S Premium Member 5y

Very drinkable

Ulysses Grand 6y

The Cablegram is an old drink. Very old. Eric Alperin had little to do with its creation. It first appeared in William Boothby's World Drinks and How To Mix Them. True, bottled ginger ale was originally used, but it's the same drink with the same name.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Thanks for pointing this out, I've amended notes above accordingly.