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Fruity and Sweet - Novice - Highball glass
Chivas 12 is full of classic Speyside orchard fruit notes – so why wouldn’t you pair it with apple juice? Enhancing the fruity flavours works a treat in this highball recipe, which uses crisp soda water to keep the drink from being too tart and gives it a fizzy finish. A simple apple or lemon slice is all you need for the finishing touch to this ultra-easy highball drink.
Use large cubes of ice (or one long cube) rather than crushed ice to keep your highball cool without over diluting it.
Wondering why it’s called a whisky highball? One belief was that ball was bartenders’ slang for glass, and this drink is best served in a tall glass. The other is to do with railroads, where at maximum train speed the ball indicator would be highest in the tank, and two short whistle blows followed by one long one were given – in the same way two shots of whisky would be followed by one long pour of soda in the drink.
