Eldridge Highball

Name: Eldridge Highball
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Peated malt whisky; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Honey and water syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1; 45 ml Ginger beer

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Peated single malt whisky
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer (chilled)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Highball 1910 45cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger ale.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Eldridge Highball contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
12.36% alc./vol. (24.73° proof)
15.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Chip Tyndale in New York City. Inspired by Sam Ross' Penicillin cocktail and named in tribute of the 134 Eldridge Street address of the original Milk & Honey bar, where Sam created his contemporary classic.

More cocktails by Chip Tyndale

Review

Peated whiskey and ginger beer with balanced lemon sourness and honey richness.

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