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

Horse's Neck with a Kick
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Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
4 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 lemon peel (whole).
POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
STIR.

Review:

Whiskey and ginger with added shrubbery.

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Variant:

Brandy-based rather than whiskey-based.
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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.

Nutrition:

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

Alcohol content:

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

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William Johnson

9th November 2021 at 12:08

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

G. M. Genovese

11th March 2024 at 19:59

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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