Highball Cocktails: the Formula and 86 Recipes

86 recipes follow the formula. Mostly built in the glass, usually in a Highball, 2–37% ABV.

By base spirit: Vodka (21) · Whiskey (21) · Gin (18) · Rum (9) · Other base (6) · Tequila (6)

The ones most people know: Gin & Tonic · Paloma.

Formula: One spirit, one mixer, a tall glass full of ice; nothing to shake.

410 Gone 27% ABV · Vodka
A Halvy 2% ABV · Gin
Absinthe Spider Highball 7% ABV · Gin
AT&T 11% ABV · Vodka
Blackbeard 13% ABV · Rum
Bourbon Buck 14% ABV · Whiskey
Brandy Highball 5% ABV · Gin
Calvados & Tonic 11% ABV · Brandy
Citrus Coke Other
Cream Soda 20% ABV · Rum
CTC 7% ABV · Tequila
Cuba Pintada 11% ABV · Rum
Dark and Stormy 14% ABV · Rum
Dublin Spider Highball 14% ABV · Whiskey
Flander's Flake-Out 6% ABV · Other
Fresh Martin'Up 2% ABV · Other
Frisky Lemonade 13% ABV · Vodka
Gin Agrumi Highball 11% ABV · Gin
Gin Cooler 27% ABV · Gin
Gin Sonic Highball 10% ABV · Gin
Gin Spider Highball 14% ABV · Gin
Gin & Tonic 9% ABV · Gin
Gin Tonica 10% ABV · Gin
Ginger Nut 15% ABV · Vodka
Grapefruit & Rose Seltz Other
Grappa & Ginger Highball 11% ABV · Gin
Horse's Neck 13% ABV · Brandy
Horse's Neck with a Kick 14% ABV · Whiskey
Irish Shandy 8% ABV · Whiskey
Jack in Black 11% ABV · Whiskey
Jack's Godfather Highball 11% ABV · Whiskey
Jack's Vanilla Coke 6% ABV · Whiskey
Jesus of Suburbia 13% ABV · Whiskey
Kill Bill cocktail 11% ABV · Vodka
King Heering 10% ABV · Whiskey
Kool-Aid Slammer 10% ABV · Vodka
Kool First Aid 27% ABV · Rum
Lemmy 10% ABV · Whiskey
Lincoln Club Cooler 14% ABV · Rum
Lo Mismo 13% ABV · Rum
Loch Almond Highball 16% ABV · Whiskey
Mamie Taylor Highball 14% ABV · Whiskey
Marigold Spritz 7% ABV · Tequila
Mattias's Gin & Tonic 11% ABV · Gin
Med Mex Cocktail 13% ABV · Tequila
Mediterranean Cooler 7% ABV · Vodka
Mediterranean Gin & Tonic 4% ABV · Gin
Milanese G&T 10% ABV · Gin
Mind Eraser 12% ABV · Vodka
Momisette 4% ABV · Other
O' Flower Highball 10% ABV · Whiskey
O'Henry 11% ABV · Whiskey
On the Med 8% ABV · Gin
Ostend Fizz Other
Ottoman Tonic 12% ABV · Gin
Paloma 11% ABV · Tequila
PASSPHRASE 10% ABV · Gin
Pink Gin & Tonic 10% ABV · Gin
Pink Panty Pulldowns 10% ABV · Vodka
Piscola 15% ABV · Brandy

Brandy Gin Na Other Rum Tequila Vodka Whiskey

Aperitivo & Bitter Beer Classics Coffee Creamy Milk & Cream Frozen Hot Long drinks Low-ABV Non-alcoholic Punch & Big-Batch Quick Shots Sours Sparkling Spirit-forward Summer Sweet Tea Tiki & tropical Wine Winter

2 ingredients 3 ingredients 4 ingredients 5 ingredients

Collins Equal parts Fizz Highball Martini-style Sour Spritz

Blend Double strain Dry shake Flame Float Muddle Rinse Swizzle

Citrus-free Dairy-free Egg-free No syrups or liqueurs Vegan

Blue Brown Green Orange Pink Purple Red Yellow

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