Name: Gin Spider Highball
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 75 ml Ginger ale

Gin Spider Highball
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A Pink Gin & Ginger would also be a fitting name for this tasty alternative to a Gin & Tonic.

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History:

As part of his long section on Highballs, in his 1948 The Fine Art Of Mixing Drinks David Embury notes, "Gin and ginger ale, with a dash of Angostura, is sometimes called a Gin Spider."

Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Spider Highball contains 127 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
14.11% alc./vol. (14.11° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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Manny Winner

9th July at 23:04

Was kinda sad with ginger ale . Tried it with ginger beer and it felt better but maybe too spicy

John Taylor

3rd June at 10:15

Oops - overdid the bitters (Australian in my case) so the warm spices dominated everything... Reused lemon wheel in place of lime probably didn't help either but it was an interesting mix of botanicals from the gin and spices from the ginger ale and bitters which didn't seem to suffer as the ice melted and dilluted things. :-)

Ross McGill

19th April 2024 at 19:47

My wife gave this 8/10

Ross McGill

19th April 2024 at 19:30

Not sure (says Ms M)

Samantha Pietrus

30th January 2024 at 02:14

Make sure to add in a squeeze of lime. I thought it was just garnish on a disappointing drink. The citrus brings it all together.

Egg McKenzie

7th July 2023 at 19:34

i drank this.

Christophe CARPENTIER

11th February 2022 at 20:27

I had some cheap ginger ale (Schweppes Canada Dry) and tried it; it was too sweet and way too bland.
In the base of the shaker, I muddled a small slice of ginger root, with about hald a shot of lemon juice, and added it to the mix: I find it more balanced, and the ginger makes up for the lack of expressiveness of the cheap ginger ale.

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