Main ingredients
Horse's Neck
It may be an old drink, but it's quick to make, delicious and wonderfully easy to drink.
If you fancy mixing along, this 19th-century cocktail is an easy place to start. It was popular around the time the first mixers, such as ginger beer, were appearing. It's simple to make, yet all those flavours bring plenty of fun to the glass.
Ingredients
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60 ml
Whisky
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3 dash
Angostura bitters
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20 ml
Lemon juice
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120 ml
Ginger beer
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plenty
Ice
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to garnish
Lemon zest
Steps to make the drink
- Put ice in the glass.
- Peel a long strip of lemon zest and put it in the glass.
- Add the brandy or whisky and bitters.
- Top up with ginger beer.
- Cheers!
Watch the Horse's Neck video
To save yourself some work, pick up a citrus zester. It'll give you lovely citrus ribbons and terrific lemon aromas that go beautifully with the brandy and spicy ginger beer. Otherwise, get out a sharp knife and spend a little longer cutting. Leave out the white pith; it's just bitter.