Name: Hi Life Spritz
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin (from freezer); 30 ml Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine (chilled); 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 60 ml Soda (club soda) (chilled)

Serve in

Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Garnish:

Lime wedge squeezed and dropped in drink

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and briefly stir.

1 fl oz	Gin (from freezer)
1 fl oz	Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine (chilled)
2/3 fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water (chilled)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Borrowing its name from both BA High Life magazine and the highball glass it is served in, this refreshing long drink combines the botanical complexity of gin with honeyed elderflower liqueur balanced by white wine acidity.

History:

Created 30th May 2014 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England for British Airways' BA High Life magazine.
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Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
11.53% alc./vol. (23.06° proof)
16.1 grams of pure alcohol

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