Highball glass
A tall, narrow glass used for long drinks topped up with a mixer.
What it's for: Serving long, mixer-topped drinks over ice.
Don't have one?
Any tall glass works fine.
The narrow, tall shape keeps carbonation and chill longer than a wide glass, though any tall glass gives a similar effect.
Buying guidance
Look for a glass tall enough to hold both ice and a full mixer top-up without overflowing.
Cocktails served in this glass
47 recipes call for it as their glass of choice.
Also served this way
These lead with a different glass but are properly served in a highball glasstoo. They are listed without photographs because each one's picture shows the glass it leads with.
Usually served in a tiki mug
Zombie
Three rums, lime, spiced syrups and a rinse of absinthe — a strong, complex tiki classic.
Usually served in a copper mug
Alcohol-Free Mule
Ginger beer and lime over ice in a chilled mug — all the mule's spice and snap, no vodka.
Usually served in a rocks glass
Salty Dog
Vodka and grapefruit juice over ice in a salt-rimmed glass — sharper and more savoury than its close cousin the Greyhound.
Usually served in a copper mug
Mexican Mule
Tequila, lime and ginger beer over ice — the Moscow Mule's agave-forward cousin.
Usually served in a copper mug
Kombucha Mule
Ginger kombucha and lime over ice — a tangy, faintly funky alcohol-free take on the Moscow Mule format.