Horse's Neck

Horse's Neck

WPMIXInfobox
iba = yes
name = Horse's Neck
sourcelink = horsen
type = mixed
brandy = yes
drinkware = old
served = rocks
garnish = Lemon peel spiral
ingredients = * 4.0 cl (1 part) Brandy
* 11.0 cl (~3 parts) Ginger Ale
* Dash of Angostura bitter (optional)
prep = Pour brandy and ginger ale directly into old fashioned glass with ice cubes. Stir gently. Garnish with rind of one lemon spiral. If required, add dashes of Angostura Bitter.
footnote = IBA classifies this drink as a long drink.A Horse's Neck is an IBA Official Cocktail. It is made with Brandy (or sometimes rye whisky or bourbon) and ginger ale, with a long spiral of lemon peel draped over the edge of an old fashioned or highball glass.

Origins

Dating back to the 1890s, it was a non-alcoholic mixture of ginger ale, ice and lemon peel. By the 1910s, Brandy, sometimes Bourbon would be added for a" 'Horse's Neck with a Kick' "or '~ Stiff'. Eventually, the non-alcoholic version became phased out. The non-alcoholic version was still served in Upstate New York in the late fifties or early sixties.

ee also

*List of cocktails
*IBA Official Cocktail

References

* Robert Cross, The Classic 1000 Cocktails (1996), ISBN 0-572-02161-5


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