Most mixed drinks have predictable ingredients. This article focuses on tricks to make several highballs. There is also an article with shaken and stirred cocktails that we recommend you peruse.

The few tricks that you'll want to learn are in bold text, while the rest of the list should be fairly straight-forward. Learning these drinks, still, should take some time. Mix a few of them if you have the alcohol to spare, and try quizzing yourself on a drink or two.

Simple Highballs:
The traditional recipes for a highball calls for a highball glass, one and a half ounces of liquor, and the mixer and an occassional additional mixer.  Here we list a series of highballs that can be made using this simple formula.  Click for more information on mixing highballs.

Often drinkers will ask for a particular brand of liquor instead of using the name of the type of liquor.  If someone asks you for one of these, look to the bottle to tell you what type of alcohol it is.