With soda at the
ready we can venture into new territory: the cocktail category known as the long drink. Although it will typically
contain a comparable amount of alcohol to a ‘normal’ cocktail, adding a lot of
mixer will reduce the alcohol percentage of the drink. So long drinks will go
down a lot easier… with eventually the same result. Drinker beware.
Larger quantities
will need a larger glass, so this is where the tall glass comes in. There are
quite some types of tall glasses: but they all have in common that they are
tumbler glasses with a chimney shape.
Each type of tall
glass has a connection to a specific type of cocktail.
A Delmonico glass traditionally holds fizzes and Rickeys. It was named after a New York restaurant and is a small
type of tall glass.
A fizz is made with
lemon juice and soda water, and isn’t served on the rocks. A Rickey is made with
lime juice and soda water, served on the rocks.
A highball glass is used for highballs (well, there’s a surprise). Its
volume lies somewhere between the Delmonico and the Collins glass.
A highball is a
spirit that’s served on the rocks with some kind of soda or water.
A Collins glass is typical for the several
Collins variants, like the Tom Collins
and the John Collins. It’s narrower than the highball glass.
Apart from the
particular glass, serving the drink on the rocks seems to be the defining
difference between Collinses and fizzes.
A Zombie glass is even larger than the
Collins glass and was named after the archetypal Tiki drink. Ironically, this cocktail
isn’t a typical long drink, since there’s no mixer that’s being added at the
end.
So now that we’ve straightened out the particulars concerning the different tall glasses, I’m sure you’ll agree that’s its best to ignore these specifics completely. Just use any tall glass that seems to fit the amount you’re aiming for, or adjust the amounts you use to your glass.
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