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Cablegram

Breakfast/brunch · Classic/vintage · Elevenses/afternoon

3.9 33 ratings

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Ingredients

2 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv
3/4 oz Ginger syrup
1/2 oz Lime juice
Top up with Soda water

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of crystallised ginger.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  3. 5 TOP with soda.

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

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Flavour profile

50.0% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 190 calories

History

Whiskey and ginger combine with a fresh zing of lime.

The Cablegram first appeared in William "Cocktail" Boothby's 1908 book, The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them. Boothby described it as "A Bourbon Whiskey and Ginger Ale Highball with a little sour added..." In 2009, Eric Alperin at The Varnish in Los Angeles, USA, revitalized this drink. His version replaces ginger ale with a mix of ginger syrup and soda, and uses a rye whiskey base for a stronger profile.

Created by Eric Alperin