Gin Buck
ClassicGin, lemon and ginger ale — the highball that named a whole family.
Long, dry and gently spicy. Juniper meets a squeeze of lemon and the warm, fizzy bite of ginger ale, which keeps the whole drink crisp rather than sweet. An effortless, refreshing highball for a warm afternoon.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gin
- 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
- Ginger Ale to top
- Lemon wedge · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Build the gin and lemon juice over cubed ice in a highball glass.
- 2
Top with chilled ginger ale.
- 3
Stir gently to combine.
- 4
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
The Story
The "Buck" is a simple, enduring formula: spirit, citrus and ginger ale over ice. The Gin Buck arrived in the early 1900s and gave the template its name — later reworked with lime and ginger beer as the Moscow Mule, and echoed across the Mule and Rickey families. It is the plainest kind of highball, built for the glass and meant to be easy: nothing to strain, nothing to fuss over.
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