Highland Highball

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Ingredients:
2⁄3 oz Blended Scotch whisky
1⁄2 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1⁄6 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 1⁄2 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.
  3. POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  4. Briefly STIR.
  5. Garnish with lemon slice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

Bénédictine and sweet vermouth add richness and herbal complexity to this scotch whisky highball.

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History:

Highball cocktail history and perfect serve.

Nutrition:

One serving of Highland Highball contains 83 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.7 standard drinks
  • 8.49% alc./vol. (8.49° proof)
  • 9.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Jacques Gaudin ’s Avatar Jacques Gaudin
18th March at 20:34
Erm... I find the water a bit too overpowering 🙂
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
19th March at 06:54
Did you use just 75ml in a 10oz Highball or more in a Collins glass?
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
29th March 2024 at 21:31
Used Sheildaig and Carpano Classico. This tasted like a poorly shelf-stable US import of a British ale. Sheildaig ain't great, but it works in some cocktails. I do see the potential for this, however. Johnnie Walker Black or a Monkey Shoulder would no dobut be an upgrade. I'll come back to this. I don't necessarily mind oxidized UK import ales.
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Olga María Gómez Henderson’s Avatar Olga María Gómez Henderson
15th April 2023 at 18:32
This is an improvement of your typical highball.
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Asher Günther’s Avatar Asher Günther
11th December 2022 at 05:29
Surprised to see the user rating was only 3/5 (before I gave it a 4.5/5). Very lovely drink. I used Johnnie Walker Double Black which is quite smokey. Would even be great with an Islay Scotch.

Had to double the recipe to fit my 12oz/36cl glass
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Adam M’s Avatar Adam M
5th May 2021 at 13:40
Tasty when the ratio is just right, go easy on the soda and top up to taste. Nice afternoon sipper
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