Bulldog Highball
Gin, orange and ginger.
A simple, thirst-quenching highball: gin, a splash of orange juice and ginger ale, built straight in the glass. The ginger brings sparkle while the orange softens the gin's botanicals.
- Long drink
- Built
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Built
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 2 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Gin
45 ml
-
Orange juice
15 ml
-
Ginger ale
60 ml
Garnish
- Orange slice
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a highball glass.
- Fill the glass with ice.
- Pour the gin.
- Pour the orange juice.
- Top with the ginger ale.
- Stir briefly.
- Garnish with an orange slice.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
Very different recipes go by the name Bulldog, but the most classic is the one built on gin, orange juice and ginger ale. No inventor is known. According to some sources, a Bull Dog with gin, lemon, syrup and ginger ale already appeared in Robert Vermeire's 1922 book. The orange version is recorded as the Bull-Dog Cocktail in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930 and, a few years later, the same recipe was published as the Bull-Dog Highball. Today the name Bulldog also refers to an entirely different, creamy drink made with coffee liqueur, cream and cola, a close relative of the Colorado Bulldog.
Sources (6)
- The Gin Queen — Bull-Dog Cocktail (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Difford's Guide — Bulldog Highball (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Difford's Guide — Bulldog (coffee liqueur, cream, cola) (opens in a new tab) recipe
- IBA — All cocktails, page 1 (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Alcohol Infusions — The Bull-Dog Highball (opens in a new tab) history
- Cocktail Mag — Bull Dog (opens in a new tab) history
Taste profile
- Bubbly
- 3 out of 5
- Fruity
- 3 out of 5
- Fresh
- 3 out of 5
- Citrus
- 2 out of 5
- Spicy
- 2 out of 5