Comments on: Highballs http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/ A bartending blog that's not just about drink recipes. Learn how to be a real bartender from one of the pros. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:43:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: biggipunn http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/comment-page-1/#comment-81 biggipunn Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:45:17 +0000 http://undergroundbartender.com/site/?p=175#comment-81 and great info thanks... and great info thanks…

]]> By: biggipunn http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/comment-page-1/#comment-33 biggipunn Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:21:00 +0000 http://undergroundbartender.com/site/?p=175#comment-33 neko-chan got me ... not cool man not cool neko-chan got me …
not cool man
not cool

]]> By: biggipunn http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/comment-page-1/#comment-32 biggipunn Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:20:21 +0000 http://undergroundbartender.com/site/?p=175#comment-32 WOW... very informative Arsenio Hall tooooo... WOW… very informative
Arsenio Hall tooooo…

]]> By: neko-chan http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/comment-page-1/#comment-14 neko-chan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:33:28 +0000 http://undergroundbartender.com/site/?p=175#comment-14 Oh snap... you mean this guy invented highballs? http://i34.tinypic.com/2mxgzme.jpg Oh snap… you mean this guy invented highballs?

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]]> By: Arsenio Hall http://undergroundbartender.com/site/highballs/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Arsenio Hall Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:31:07 +0000 http://undergroundbartender.com/site/?p=175#comment-13 New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed to have invented the highball in 1895, and that the term 'highball' comes from the 19th century railroad practice of raising a ball on a pole to urge a passing train driver to speed up. Duffy used this term to describe his method of quickly mixing a drink by simply adding the ingredients to a tall glass over ice. To enable this speedy process, Duffy used one spirit, one mixer (ginger ale or soda) and either a simple garnish (such as a twist of lemon) or none at all. New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed to have invented the highball in 1895, and that the term ‘highball’ comes from the 19th century railroad practice of raising a ball on a pole to urge a passing train driver to speed up. Duffy used this term to describe his method of quickly mixing a drink by simply adding the ingredients to a tall glass over ice. To enable this speedy process, Duffy used one spirit, one mixer (ginger ale or soda) and either a simple garnish (such as a twist of lemon) or none at all.

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