Cocktail · Taiwan
Kaoliang Highball
Kaoliang Highball recipe from Taiwan: kaoliang spirit, chilled soda and grapefruit peel. Exact oz/ml measures and full method.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Highball glass
- Base
- kaoliang spirit
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) kaoliang spirit
- 3 oz (90 ml) chilled soda
- 1.5 oz (45 ml) grapefruit peel
Garnish
Citrus twist
How to make it
- 1Chill a highball glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add kaoliang spirit and chilled soda 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 citrus twist and serve immediately.
The story behind Kaoliang Highball
Kaoliang, Taiwan’s powerful sorghum spirit, is lengthened here with cold soda and lifted by grapefruit oil. The highball stays fragrant and clean, making the robust spirit approachable at the start of an evening.
This is a Where It's Five house creation inspired by local ingredients and drinking traditions, not a historic national cocktail.