{"id":824,"date":"2009-01-28T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2009-01-28T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T21:34:35","slug":"super-bowl-xliii-drink-3-diy-highball-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl XLIII Drink #3: DIY Highball Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the cocktail variations I have yet to cover in great detail, but would be perfect for this application, is the <a title=\"Wikipedia - Highball\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Highball\" target=\"_blank\">highball<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 A highball is most simply defined as a cocktail composed of a base spirit and a mixer.\u00c2\u00a0 Although you may not recognize the name immediately I&#8217;m sure you know the cocktails that make up this group.\u00c2\u00a0 Well known among the highballs are the Gin &amp; Tonic, Seven &amp; Seven, Jack &amp; Coke, and even the Screwdriver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"flickr-image\" title=\"Gin and Tonic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/86318258@N00\/2893544585\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3092\/2893544585_473c91774a.jpg\" alt=\"Gin and Tonic\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This class of cocktails works especially well for a party because you can buy the spirits, mixers and garnishes and let your guests mix their own drinks however they like.\u00c2\u00a0 To get you started I&#8217;ve come up with a list of base ingredients (and my suggestions for each) and the drinks you can make given a bar composed of only these few ingredients.\u00c2\u00a0 My goal in creating this guide was to keep costs on the low side while keeping quality high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vodka (Tito&#8217;s Handmade)<\/li>\n<li>Gin (Plymouth or Bombay Sapphire)<\/li>\n<li>Rum (Dark &#8211; Goslings Black Seal)<\/li>\n<li>Whiskey (Jack Daniels or Knob Creek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mixers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cola and\/or Diet<\/li>\n<li>Tonic Water (Canada Dry)<\/li>\n<li>Soda Water<\/li>\n<li>Ginger Ale<\/li>\n<li>Lemon\/Lime Soda<\/li>\n<li>Red Bull<\/li>\n<li>Fruit Juice (Orange and\/or Cranberry Cocktail)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Garnishes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lemon Wedges<\/li>\n<li>Lime Wedges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recipes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gin &amp; Tonic (2oz Gin, Top with Tonic, Garnish with Lime)<\/li>\n<li>Vodka Tonic (2oz Vodka, Top with Tonic, Garnish with Lemon)<\/li>\n<li>Jack &amp; Coke (2oz Whiskey, Top with Cola)<\/li>\n<li>Rum &amp; Coke (2oz Rum, Top with Cola)<\/li>\n<li>Cuba Libre (2oz Rum, Top with Cola, Garnish with Lime)<\/li>\n<li>Dark &amp; Stormy (2oz Rum, Top with Ginger Ale, Garnish with Lime)<\/li>\n<li>Cape Codder (2oz Vodka, Top with Cranberry Cocktail, Garnish with Lime)<\/li>\n<li>Whiskey &amp; Ginger Ale (2oz Whiskey, Top with Ginger Ale)<\/li>\n<li>Seven &amp; Seven [Sorta] (2oz Whiskey, Top with Lemon\/Lime Soda)<\/li>\n<li>Bourbon &amp; Water (2oz Whiskey, Top with Water)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That covers the basics.\u00c2\u00a0 There are of course many other high balls that can be made.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried to cover all the classics and best loved ones here.\u00c2\u00a0 If there are some I&#8217;ve missed, let me know I&#8217;ll add them to the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the cocktail variations I have yet to cover in great detail, but would be perfect for this application, is the highball.\u00c2\u00a0 A highball is most simply defined as a cocktail composed of a base spirit and a mixer.\u00c2\u00a0 Although you may not recognize the name immediately I&#8217;m sure you know the cocktails that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10,74],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-recipe","tag-super-bowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}