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Highball

Mahoney's Highball is the plain Scotch-and-cold-vichy form, with the note that the liquor should be whatever the customer asks for.

clean · oaky · sparkling · refreshing · plain service

Served in Medium size fizz glass. Ice: Clear ice.

Variants (3)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.210)

2.5 lumpsice — clear icebase
1 wine-glassScotch whiskey — Use the liquor the customer asks for.base
Vichy water — cold vichydilution
  1. Build the liquor over two or three lumps of clear ice in a medium size fizz glass.
  2. Fill with cold vichy.

Ice: Clear ice

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.36)

1 lumpice — Icebase
1 wine-glassWhiskey — Bourbon, rye, or Scotch whiskeybase
sparkling water — Cold Vichy or plain sodadilution
  1. Place the lump of ice in a tall glass, add the chosen whiskey, fill with cold Vichy or plain soda, and serve.

Ice: Ice

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.228)

lemon peel — Lemon Peelacid
1 partBourbon whiskey — Bourbon Whiskybase
soda water or ginger ale — Soda Water or Ginger Aledilution
1 lumpice — Iceother
  1. Use a medium size glass with one lump of ice, add bourbon whisky, and fill with syphon soda water or ginger ale.

Ice: Ice

See also: Panhandle Toddy, Hoffman Highball

The book also notes Scotch, Irish, and Rye highball variations.