Highballs and long drinks · Vodka
Crisp apple from two sides, juice and flavoured vodka, lifted by the fizz of lemonade. It is light, not too strong and ready in the time it takes to slice an apple.
1 oz
apple vodka
3 oz
apple juice cloudy, chilled
3 oz
lemon-lime soda or lemon-lime soda
Garnish: Apple slice · Ice: Ice cubes
Fizzy Apple
Sweet, juicy apple with a light lemony sparkle and very little alcohol heat. Refreshing and easy.
The Fizzy Apple is a simple modern highball from the era of flavoured vodkas, which became widespread from the 1990s onward. It has no documented creator and no particular bar behind it.
It follows the classic highball formula of a spirit topped up with a larger amount of a non-alcoholic mixer, here a blend of apple juice and lemonade. Similar combinations are popular across Europe, from the German Apfelschorle tradition of mixing apple juice with sparkling water to vodka and apple long drinks at parties.
Yes, use plain vodka and a few drops of lemon juice.
No, with 30 ml vodka in a long glass it has around 5 percent ABV.
Leave out the vodka and add a little more apple juice for a simple apple spritz.
The perfect sound
Fresh, crisp and carefree like an autumn picnic.
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