Highball

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This article is about the type of mixed alcoholic drink. For other uses, see Highball (disambiguation).
Sheet music cover for a 1915 song by William J. McKenna celebrating the drink

A highball is a

Scotch and soda, gin and tonic, screwdriver (a.k.a. vodka and orange juice), fernet con coca, Tom Collins, 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

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

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

Initially, the most common highball was made with

Scotch and soda
'.

See also

References

  1. 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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