Cocktail · Australia
Brisbane Rum Highball
Brisbane Rum Highball recipe from Australia: Australian dark rum, ginger beer, fresh lime and bitters. Exact oz/ml measures and full method.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- Rum
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) Australian dark rum
- 3 oz (90 ml) ginger beer
- 0.75 oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
- 2 dashes (about 0.06 oz / 2 ml) bitters
Garnish
Lime wheel
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add Australian dark rum, ginger beer, lime juice and bitters to the highball glass, putting any sparkling ingredient in last.
- 3Add ice and stir gently three times to combine without flattening bubbles.
- 4Finish with a lime wheel and serve immediately.
The story behind Brisbane Rum Highball
Australian dark rum gives this Brisbane highball its molasses depth, lifted by spicy ginger beer and lime. The tall, fizzy build is made for the city’s warm subtropical early evenings.
This is a Where It's Five house creation inspired by local ingredients and drinking traditions, not a historic national cocktail.