Sheet music cover for a 1915 song by William J. McKenna celebrating the drink

Highball is the name for a family of mixed drinks that are composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer. Originally, the most common highball was made with Scotch whisky and carbonated water.^[1]

There are many rivals for the fame of mixing the first highball, including the Adams House in Boston.^[2] New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed the highball was brought to the U.S. in 1894 from England by actor E. J. Ratcliffe.^[3]

The Online Etymology Dictionary suggests that the name originated around 1898 and probably derives from ball meaning a "drink of whiskey" and high because it is served in a tall glass. Or the name may have come from the railroad signal meaning "clear track ahead."^[4]

Well-known examples of highballs include Jack and Coke, Cuba Libre, Scotch and Soda, Seven and Seven, the Moscow Mule, the gin and tonic, and Sex on the Beach. A highball is typically served in large straight-sided glass, for example, a highball glass or a Collins glass, with ice.

[edit] List of highballs

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• Brass Monkey - Either refers to a mixture of vodka, rum, and orange juice, or a mixture of malt liquor and orange juice.
• Cuba Libre — rum, cola, and lime juice
• Fuzzy Navel — equal parts peach schnapps and orange juice
• Gin and Tonic — gin and tonic water
• Harvey Wallbanger — vodka, Galliano, and orange juice
• Jack and Coke — Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola
• Long Island Iced Tea
   IBA 
  — vodka, tequila, white rum, triple-sec, gin, lemon juice, gomme syrup, and cola
• Lynchburg Lemonade — Jack Daniel's, orange liqueur, sour mix, and lemon-lime soda, served over ice with a lemon wedge or maraschino cherry garnish
• Mojito — white rum, sugar, lime, carbonated water and mint
• Moscow Mule — vodka, ginger beer, and lime, served in a copper mug
• Pimm's Cup — Pimm's No.1 Cup, and ginger ale, lemon-lime soft drink, or carbonated water
• Salty Dog — vodka or gin, grapefruit juice, and a salted rim
• Screwdriver — vodka and orange juice
• Seven and Seven — Seagram's 7 whisky and 7 Up, garnished with a lemon wedge.
• Sex on the Beach — vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice, and orange juice. A non-alcoholic version of this is known as Safe Sex on the Beach
• Sloe Comfortable Screw — sloe gin, Southern Comfort, vodka, orange juice
• Tequila Sunrise — tequila, orange juice, and grenadine

[edit] Jack and Coke

Jack & Coke

Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Tennessee whiskey
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Collins glass
Commonly used ingredients	1 part Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey 3 parts Coca-Cola Ice
Preparation	Pour Jack Daniel's into Collins glass filled with ice. Fill to desired level with Coca-Cola. Stir lightly.

Jack and Coke (also known as "JD and Coke" or "Tennessee Freedom") is a popular cocktail made with Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola. The drink is usually served in an old-fashioned glass or a Collins glass over ice. The term "Jack and Coke" has been used in combined advertising for Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola, and several products were created as part of this marketing campaign, including bar signs and taps.

Jack Daniel's released a canned beverage called "Jack Daniel's and cola," a mixed beverage of the same type as Jack and Coke, in the US, more recently in the UK, and in several markets in the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.^[5]

Jack and Coke is also known under the umbrella name of Brown Eye, which is any kind of Whiskey mixed with Coca-Cola.

While "Jack and Coke" is arguably the most iconic of its type, other brands of whiskey and cola are often substituted in accordance with local popularity, availability, cost, and personal preference.

[edit] Salty Dog

A Salty Dog is a cocktail containing vodka or gin and grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The main difference between the Salty Dog and the Greyhound is the salted rim.

[edit] Sloe Comfortable Screw

Sloe Comfortable Screw

Type	Cocktail
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Collins glass
Commonly used ingredients	3 fl. oz. Sloe Gin 3 fl. oz. Southern Comfort 3 fl. oz. Vodka Some Orange Juice Ice
Preparation	Pour Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka and Orange Juice into a Collins glass. Adding more Orange Juice and ice to set the level of alcohol.

A Sloe Comfortable Screw is a mixed drink made with Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, Vodka and Orange Juice. It is typically served in a highball glass with ice. It is commonly made with equal parts of Sloe Gin, Southern Comfort, and Vodka, and either another part orange juice (for a shot) or enough orange juice to fill the glass (for a lighter cocktail). Ice is commonly added to the lighter version.

[edit] Name

The name Sloe Comfortable Screw is from the ingredients:

• Sloe - Sloe Gin (pronounced like "slow")
• Comfortable - Southern Comfort
• Screw - Vodka and orange juice, which is a Screwdriver

[edit] Variations

The suggestive nature of the pun in the drink's name has invited many variations, extending the pun. A few examples are:

• Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall ^[6] - Floating a dash of Galliano on top turns the Screwdriver into a Harvey Wallbanger. Commonly served with a cherry.
• Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall, With a Kiss ^[7] - Adding a dash of Amaretto on top of the Galliano, adds a little amore ("love") - or a kiss.
• Sloe Comfortable Screw Against The Wall With Satin Pillows The Hard Way ^[8] - Adding 1 part Galliano make it against the wall, 1 part Frangelico gives it satin. But 1 part whisky makes the satin into a soft pillow that hits you in the head (like it does in a Pillow Mint or a Pillow Biter) and makes it hard.

[edit] See also

• List of cocktails
• Long drink
• Lowball glass

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