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Horse's Neck with a Kick

Name: Horse's Neck with a Kick
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 120 ml Ginger ale

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
4 fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Method

Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon peel (whole).
POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
STIR.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Horse's Neck with a Kick contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
9.76% alc./vol. (19.52° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

A Horse's Neck without a kick (whiskey) is simply ginger ale and bitters. Indeed, that's how this drink was first served, with the "Kick" added sometime around 1910.

Review

Whiskey and ginger with added shrubbery.

Variations/similar cocktails

Brandy-based rather than whiskey-based.
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Comments & Discussion

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William Johnson 4y

Enjoyable Highball, although I prefer it with some lemon/lime juice added to give it some tartness.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

William, I agree with the citrus spritz. I made this with WIld Turkey 101, Fever Tree 'refreshingly light' ginger ale, and a tsp of simple syrup. Superb. Whiskey heat, spice, and subtle creamsicle colorings. Damn fine.

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