Best Highball

The Singapore Sling is a gin-based cocktail associated with the Long Bar at Raffles Hotel in Singapore and bartender Ngiam Tong Boon, who is generally credited with creating it in the early twentieth century. The modern Raffles recipe combines gin, cherry liqueur, Bénédictine, citrus, pineapple juic...

The Gin Rickey is a refreshing, low-alcohol cocktail traditionally made with gin, lime juice, and carbonated water served over ice, originating in the late 19th century as a lighter alternative to traditional gin cocktails.

Fernet con Coca is an Argentine highball made by combining cola with fernet, most commonly the bitter herbal amaro Fernet-Branca, and serving it over ice. The drink is especially associated with Córdoba, where it became deeply embedded in social and nightlife culture before spreading throughout Arge...

The Dark ‘n’ Stormy is a rum cocktail traditionally made with Gosling’s Black Seal Rum and ginger beer, creating a dark, intensely flavored drink known for its layered appearance and spicy-sweet taste.

The Pimm’s Cup is a refreshing British cocktail blending Pimm’s No. 1 liqueur with lemon juice, ginger ale, and garnished traditionally with cucumber and mint, offering a balanced citrusy and subtly spiced flavor profile.

Fernet and Coke is the global generic form of Argentina's iconic Fernet con Coca, pairing the intensely bitter Italian amaro Fernet-Branca with cola as a digestif-style long drink.

A gin cocktail regarded as the direct historical precursor to the Singapore Sling, containing gin, cherry brandy, Bénédictine, lime juice, Angostura, and orange bitters.

The Floradora is a classic cocktail believed to originate from the late 19th or early 20th century, named after a popular Broadway musical. The standard preparation combines dry gin, fresh lime juice, raspberry syrup or grenadine, and ginger ale. It is typically served in a Collins or highball glass...

The Garibaldi is a classic Italian cocktail consisting of Campari and orange juice, served over ice in a highball or rocks glass. Named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, the 19th-century military leader who played a key role in Italian unification, the drink's red color recalls the red shirts worn by his vo...

A foundational cocktail category documented in 19th-century American bartending manuals, combining gin with water, sugar, and lemon juice before the modern cocktail era.

A Collins-format long drink substituting sloe gin—a British blackthorn berry liqueur—for dry gin, producing a sweeter, deep-red variation of the classic.

Cuba Libre is a refreshing cocktail combining white rum, cola syrup, and freshly squeezed lime juice, traditionally served over ice in a tall glass – its name originating from the Cuban capital during U.S. occupation.

The Kentucky Mule is a mixed drink made with bourbon whiskey, ginger beer, and fresh lime juice. It is a bourbon-based variation of the Moscow Mule, which traditionally uses vodka, and is commonly built over ice in a copper mug or highball glass. Ginger beer supplies sweetness, carbonation, and spic...

The Presbyterian cocktail, originating in the 1860s, combines Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth, and orange bitters, typically garnished with a lemon peel.

The Mamie Taylor cocktail, created in the 1940s, combines bourbon, papaya nectar, pineapple juice, and sherry for a rich, tropical flavor profile with a distinctive orange peel garnish.

A pared-down apple-spirit cocktail made with apple brandy or applejack and minimal additions such as lemon juice and honey, foregrounding the base spirit's character.

Lynchburg Lemonade is a cocktail originating from Lynchburg, Tennessee, typically combining Jack Daniel's whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and occasionally orange blossom water.

Long Island Iced Tea is a potent cocktail blending vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec with lemon juice and cola, traditionally served over ice to mask its high alcohol content.

A Long Island Iced Tea variant that replaces cola with cranberry juice, giving the multi-spirit drink (vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec) a pink hue.

Freddie Fudpucker is a 1970s Tex-Mex bar classic made with tequila, orange juice, and Galliano, essentially a tequila-based Harvey Wallbanger that became popular along the US–Mexico border.

Sloe Comfortable Screw is a variation of the Comfortable Screw that adds sloe gin to the mix of vodka, Southern Comfort, and orange juice, deepening the fruit character of the drink.

A 1980s American bar staple made with vodka, peach schnapps, and orange juice—essentially a Fuzzy Navel boosted with vodka for higher alcoholic strength.

Comfortable Screw is a simple highball combining vodka, Southern Comfort, and orange juice, a variation of the Screwdriver that gained popularity in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.

A Long Island Iced Tea variation using blue curaçao in place of triple sec and lemon-lime soda instead of cola, producing its signature electric-blue color.