NO. 1024 · A CLASSIC HOUSE SPEC
Horse’s Neck
Cognac and ginger ale, dressed with a wonderfully extravagant lemon spiral.
- The glass
- Highball glass
- The method
- Built
- With ingredients ready
- 3 min · Easy
Our house measures and instructions. No tasting by The Drink Place has been recorded.
What this means
- Recipe basis
- Ingredient reference: International Bartenders Association. Our house measures may differ.
- Preparation
- Complete measured ingredients and instructions. No individual editorial method review is recorded.
- House tasting
- Not recorded. A reference, editorial review, or AI photograph does not establish a taste test.
THE QUIET PREPARATION
Before the first pour.
with ingredients ready
Set out highball glass for each drink. Keep the tools and prepared ingredients within reach.
- Jigger or graduated measure
- Bar spoon
- Peeler
- Kitchen scale
A PROPER POUR BEGINS HERE
The ingredients.
- 40 ml
- 120 ml
- 1
Exact measures for one drink. Fresh ice is part of the method.
US fluid ounces convert the exact milliliter specification and round to three decimal places.
A LITTLE CEREMONY
The method.
Prepare your glass
Set out a clean highball glass for each serving. Add 120 g of fresh cubed ice to each glass just before pouring.
Measure into the glass
Pour one serving of the measured still ingredients into the prepared glass. Keep garnishes and sparkling ingredients aside.
Finish gently
Add the measured ginger ale last. Stir gently once to preserve the bubbles.
The finishing touch
Curl the measured long lemon-peel spiral down the inside of the glass and hook one end over the rim.
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