4-455: The Russian spring punch is a highball cocktail of vodka and liqueur , per IBA specified ingredients. The International Bartenders Association lists the beverage in its New Era Drinks category. The Russian spring punch was created in London, England by Dick Bradsell in the 1980s. He claims not to remember which bar he was working at at the time, but tells the story of how he created
8-557: A larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer , often a carbonated beverage. Examples include the Seven and Seven , Scotch and soda , gin and tonic , screwdriver (a.k.a. vodka and orange juice), fernet con coca , Tom Collins , and rum and Coke (a.k.a. Cuba libre with the addition of lime juice). A highball is typically served over ice in a large straight-sided highball glass or Collins glass . Highballs are popular in Japan, where
12-565: The recipe for personal friends wishing to hold a cocktail party while minimizing the amount of money they had to spend on alcohol. Participants were provided with the vodka, cassis, sugar syrup and lemon juice, and were asked to bring their own sparkling wine. It is named for the Russian vodka, and the Tom Collins , which is a spring drink. Highball A highball is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of an alcoholic base spirit and
16-414: The term haibōru (ハイボール) is synonymous with a whisky and soda (rather than an umbrella term for assorted mixers). Shōchū is used to make chūhai (チューハイ); various mixers can be specified by suffixing with -hai (〜ハイ), as in oolong highball (ウーロンハイ, ūron-hai). The name may have come from early railroad signals with raised globes meaning "clear track ahead", i.e., "you're good to go". Initially,
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