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Ranch Water
Blanco tequila, a hard squeeze of lime, and sparkling mineral water. Dry, salty-edged, and built for heat.
What's in it
- Blanco Tequila
- Lime Juice
- Club Soda
- Lime Wedge
West Texas folk highball; Austin bars carried it wider in the late 1990s.
Keep pouring
More from the Highball family.
Whisky Highball
Whisky and cold soda over hard ice, built with more care than three ingredients should need. Japan made it a discipline.
Americano
Campari and sweet vermouth under soda — the Negroni's lighter parent. Aperitivo hour in a tall glass.
Aperol Spritz
Prosecco, Aperol, soda — three, two, one. The Veneto's answer to what late afternoon is for.
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