Horse's Neck cocktail: its particularity is its very long and thick lemon zest.
Recipe
For 1 person
4 cl Bourbon whiskey
5 cl Ginger Ale
A few drops of angostura bitters
How to make
Technique: straight to the glass / Glass: old fashioned / Type: long drink (12cl) / Time: 2 mn
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Fill an old fashioned glass with ice.
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Pour in the bourbon, the ginger ale then optionally the angostura bitters.
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Flute and insert a long, thick lemon zest all over the inside of the glass.
History
The Horse's Neck cocktail first became known around 1895, when the recipe originally consisted simply of ginger ale and lemon zest. A few years later, we begin to add bourbon or sometimes brandy (cognac).