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Horse's Neck

A long spiral of lemon peel trails into the glass, with Cognac and ginger ale for a gentle ginger note.

Home-bar collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Lemonoptional

    Use only the peel, cut into one continuous spiral

    1 piece
  • Cognac
    40 ml / 1.35 US fl oz
  • Ginger Ale
    120 ml / 4.06 US fl ozto top up
  • Angostura Bittersoptional
    1 dash

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishLemon twist

Make it

  1. Cut the peel of a whole lemon into one long spiral.
  2. Hang one end of the peel over the rim and coil the rest inside a highball glass, then fill with ice.
  3. Pour in Cognac, top with ginger ale and stir gently.
  4. Add a drop of Angostura bitters, if you like.

Behind the drink

It began as a nonalcoholic mix of ginger ale and lemon peel; spirits were added later.

Recipe reference

Adapted from the IBA recipe; see the ingredient notes for home-bar adjustments.

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