Honey Scotch Highball

Name: Honey Scotch Highball
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Monkey Shoulder Blended Scotch; 1/2 oz Drambuie; 1/2 oz Lemon Juice; 1/4 oz Earl Grey Syrup; 4 oz Chilled Club Soda; 4 drop(s) Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters; 4 drop(s) Scrappy's Black Lemon Bitters

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By Mike Vander Horn

Submitted on: December 14, 2021

Refreshing

Seasonal

Highballs are one of my favorite “safe” drinks to get at a concert or shifty bar. I was at a concert earlier in the year and got a Whiskey Highball with Makers Mark and it was delicious (and expensive). At home, I don’t tend to go with bubbly drinks THAT much, but something about these new highball glasses has got me wanting all sorts of tall bubbly drinks with a sour-style base underneath (with different ratios, obviously). This seems to be a winner, with a classic honey/lemon/tea combo with Mo...

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz
Monkey Shoulder Blended Scotch

1/2 oz
Drambuie

1/2 oz
Lemon Juice

1/4 oz
Earl Grey Syrup

4 oz
Chilled Club Soda

4 drop(s)
Scrappy's Cardamom Bitters

4 drop(s)
Scrappy's Black Lemon Bitters

Instructions

Garnish

Dehydrated Lemon Wheel

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Estimated strength

About 9% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients besides club soda and garnish to a shaker tin with ice. Short shake and double strain into a highball over a clear ice sphere. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel.

Editor's Note

Monkey Shoulder meets Earl Grey in this elevated highball. Cardamom and black lemon bitters add a complex, aromatic finish to a refreshing, honey-forward build.