Whiskey Apple Highball Recipe
Two ingredients and nothing to hide behind: a shot of rye whiskey lengthened with apple juice over ice, crisp, lightly spicy and very easy to drink.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 8%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Rye whiskey30 ml (1 oz)
- Apple juice120 ml (4.1 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour in the rye whiskey.
- Top with apple juice, freshly pressed if you can, and stir briefly.
Garnish
None
What it tastes like
Fruit notes come forward, it drinks cool and easy and it is low in alcohol.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Rye whiskey
- Rye whiskey. Where bourbon is sweet, rye brings black pepper and a mint-like sharpness; in drinks with sweet vermouth, like a Manhattan, that sharpness is what holds the balance.
The Story
The house serve of Shady Pines Saloon in Sydney, which opened in 2010 and made whiskey with freshly pressed apple juice its calling card.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Whiskey Apple Highball mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- How strong is a Whiskey Apple Highball?
- Roughly 8% ABV as served — lighter than a beer — a long-conversation drink that takes a second round.
- Can a Whiskey Apple Highball be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Whiskey Apple Highball hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
The main ingredient here is also a dream symbol: Apple in a dream
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