# Horsefeather

A Kansas City whiskey highball pushes ginger beer hard against aromatic bitters and a squeezed lemon wedge for a peppery, regional cousin of the buck.

Strength: 12% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Whiskey](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/whiskey.md)
- 120 ml [Ginger beer](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/ginger-beer.md) — Use cold, freshly opened ginger beer.
- 4 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 1 piece [Lemon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/lemon.md) — Cut a small wedge from a fresh lemon.

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Method

1. Build the whiskey, ginger beer, and bitters in a chilled highball filled with cubed ice.
2. Squeeze the lemon wedge into the drink, drop it in, and stir once gently.

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- [Mamie Taylor](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mamie-taylor.md): Scotch, lime, and forceful ginger make a brisk nineteenth-century highball with smoke, spice, and no unnecessary sweetness.
- [Salty Ginger-Ade](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/salty-ginger-ade.md): Date, lime, cumin, salt, mint, and spicy ginger beer make Kaitlyn Goalen’s serious zero-proof cooler earthy, tart, textured, and deeply refreshing.
- [Suffering Bastard](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/suffering-bastard.md): Joe Scialom's wartime Cairo highball, joining gin and brandy with lime cordial, aromatic bitters, and a bracing ginger-beer finish.
- [Old Fashioned](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-fashioned.md): A spirit-forward mixture of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water served over ice.
- [Añejo Highball](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/anejo-highball.md): Dale DeGroff’s rum highball layers oak, orange, lime, ginger, and bitters into a bright long drink with considerably more structure than a simple buck.
- [Dark ’n’ Stormy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dark-n-stormy.md): Bermuda's black rum rolls through spicy ginger beer in a dark, molasses-rich highball with an unmistakable storm-cloud gradient.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horsefeather
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/horsefeather-9fde5699.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.liquor.com/horsefeather-cocktail-recipe-8387343