Cablegram
CLASSIC · BOURBON WHISKEY

Cablegram

A Whiskey Sour lengthened with ginger ale.

Ingredients
Fresh Lemon Juice20 ml
Simple Syrup10 ml
Lemon Wedge
Glassware
Highball glass
Chilled.
Flavor
BODYSWEETFRUITACIDHEATSMOKEEARTHBITTER

Ginger · Caramel · Oak · Lemon · Honey

Estimated profile

Method
  1. 1

    Combine the bourbon, lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker.

  2. 2

    Add ice and shake for 8 seconds — just enough to chill and combine.

  3. 3

    Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.

  4. 4

    Top with cold ginger ale and stir once.

  5. 5

    Garnish with a lemon wedge.

The kit for this drink
From the Bartender

A pre-Prohibition American highball named for the transatlantic telegram. It is the missing link between the Whiskey Sour and the modern whiskey-ginger, and the short shake before the ginger goes in is what makes it taste like neither.

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