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Gin Spider Highball

Classic/vintage · Long drinks and highballs

4.0 88 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Gin
1 dash Aromatic bitters
2 1/2 oz Ginger ale

How to make

Serve in a highball (max 10oz/300ml) glass

Method

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. 3 POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  4. 4 Garnish with lime wedge.

lime wedge

Flavour profile

14.1% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 127 calories

History

A Pink Gin & Ginger would fit this tasty Gin & Tonic alternative.

In his 1948 book, The Fine Art Of Mixing Drinks, David Embury includes a section on Highballs where he notes, "Gin and ginger ale, with a dash of Angostura, is sometimes called a Gin Spider."