Are you a Discerning Drinker?
Join thousands of like-minded professionals and cocktail enthusiasts, receive our weekly newsletters and see pages produced by our community for fellow Discerning Drinkers.
Sunny Disposition Highball
-
Sunny Disposition Highball
Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)
| 1 oz | Patrón Reposado tequila |
| 1⁄2 oz | Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur |
| 1⁄3 oz | Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 2⁄3 oz | Thomas Henry Bitter Lemon |
Garnish: Lemon slice
How to make:
STIR first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with bitter lemon tonic.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
A bittersweet lemony aperitif cocktail which is also great on a sunny afternoon - indeed anytime you find yourself with a Sunny Disposition.
History:
Adapted from a recipe sent to us by Christine Lavall, France, who in turn credits "an elderly friend who worked in a bar for many years in France."
Information on Highball cocktails, their history and tips on the perfect serve can be found on our page.
Nutrition:
One serving of Sunny Disposition Highball contains 138 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1 standard drinks
- 12.14% alc./vol. (12.14° proof)
- 14.6 grams of pure alcohol
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
Previous cocktail
Roman Highball
Next cocktail
Dark 'n' Stormy Highball
Highball Cocktails - history & the perfect Highball
At its simplest, a Highball comprises only four elements - glass, ice, spirit and carbonate but temperature and dilution are what makes or breaks a Highball
Bitters
Bitters are alcoholic beverages prepared with herbs, spices, roots, fruits and peels infused in alcohol or glycerin. Popular ingredients include gentian...
Service charge and tips
It may be the norm to tip bartenders in the USA but, as with many things, the UK has gone about it a slightly different way. Instead of a discretionary...
20 best Summer cocktails
When it comes to cocktails, summer screams "Sex on the Beach", or at least fruit-forward rather than spirit-forward, more refreshing cocktails, but not...
20 best/most rated Martinis
There are 1,000s of cocktails with "Martini" in their name on Difford's Guide, and the majority are not actually true Martinis, at least going by the Oxford...
Join the discussion
There are no comments for Sunny Disposition Highball.