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Mamie Taylor

Method
Built
Glass
Highball glass
Served
Highball
Family
Highball
Flavour
Spicy

Ingredients

How to make it

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice, add the Scotch and lime juice, top with ginger beer and stir gently.
  2. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Tip: Fill the glass right to the top with ice so the drink stays cold without watering down fast.

About the Mamie Taylor

A turn-of-the-century craze named after the Broadway singer Mamie Taylor. The popular story says she was served it in 1899 near Lake Ontario after asking for something long and cold.

Missing something?

  • No Scotch Whisky? Use Johnnie Walker Scotch (Johnnie Walker is a blended Scotch)
  • No Scotch Whisky? Use Irish Whiskey (Lighter and less smoky)
  • No Lime Juice? Use Lime (Squeeze fresh: 1 lime gives about 25 ml)
  • No Lime Juice? Use Lemon Juice (Softer, different aroma)
  • No Ginger Beer? Use Ginger Ale (Milder and sweeter)

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