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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of mixed alcoholic drink This article is about the type of mixed alcoholic drink. For other uses, see Highball (disambiguation).

A highball is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer, often a carbonated beverage. Examples include the Seven and Seven, Scotch and soda, gin and tonic, screwdriver (a.k.a. vodka and orange juice), fernet con coca, and rum and Coke (a.k.a. Cuba libre with the addition of lime juice). A highball is typically served over ice in a large straight-sided highball glass or Collins glass.

Highballs are popular in Japan, where the term haibōru (ハイボール) is synonymous with a whisky and soda (rather than an umbrella term for assorted mixers). Shōchū is used to make chūhai (チューハイ); various mixers can be specified by suffixing with -hai (〜ハイ), as in oolong highball (ウーロンハイ, ūron-hai).

Etymology

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The name may have come from early railroad signals with raised globes meaning "clear track ahead", i.e., "you're good to go".[1][2]

History

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Initially, the most common highball was made with Scotch whisky and carbonated water,[3] known simply as a Scotch and soda.

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• List of cocktails

References

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1. ^ Bianculli, Anthony J. (2001). Trains and Technology: The American Railroad in the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 4: Bridge and Tunnels Signals. University of Delaware Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-87413-803-5.
2. ^ "In Railroading, A 'Highball' Means You're Good To Go". NPR. 2004-10-03. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
3. ^ "The 'Scotch Highball'" (PDF). The New York Times. March 25, 1904. p. 8.

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Champagne	Black Velvet Buck's Fizz Kir royal
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Ouzo	Ouzini
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Sake	Ginza Mary Sake bomb Tamagozake
Tequila	Chimayó Juan Collins Matador Paloma Slammer Sunrise
Vodka	Appletini Astro pop Batida Bay Breeze BLT cocktail Blue Lagoon Bull Shot Caesar Caipivodka Cape Cod Chi-Chi Colombia Flirtini Gimlet Greyhound Hi-fi John Daly Kensington Court Special Lemon drop Lime Rickey Link Up Orange Crush Orange tundra Red Russian Rose Kennedy cocktail Salmiakki Koskenkorva Salty dog Screwdriver Vargtass Vodka Martini Vodka sunrise White Russian Woo Woo Yorsh
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