What is a highball?
Highball: One spirit with a lot of a fizzy mixer over ice. Gin & tonic, whisky soda.
- Category
- Drink family
- Taste
- Light and refreshing.
- Strength
- Light
- Similar to
- a Collins
- Also called
- highballs
The story
The highball took off in the 1890s, once soda water was easy to get. Legend has it the name comes from railroad signals, where a raised ball meant "go."