The recipe

How to make it

Garnish: A long spiral of lemon peel.

The ratio

1 : 3

In parts, a Horse’s Neck is 1 brandy and 3 ginger ale. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Brandy · 1Ginger ale · 3

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Brandy → Whiskey

Seven and Seven

1 : 3½

Brandy → Vodka

Madras

1 : 1½ : 1

Brandy → Gin

Gin and Tonic

1 : 2½

Brandy → Vodka

Bay Breeze

1½ : 2¼ : 1

Madge Hardwick

At the Venice Lido, Madge tries to order a drink from the waiter in Italian, gives up and asks for a horse's neck.

“Garçon... Per piacere portatemi... un altro... horse's neck.”

Alabama Slammer — Amaretto, Southern Comfort and sloe gin stirred over ice with a splash of lemon: sweet, fruity and nutty, a college-bar favorite.
Bloody Mary — Vodka, tomato and lemon, seasoned to taste with Worcestershire, Tabasco, celery salt and pepper. Savory and spicy.
Blue Lagoon — Vodka, blue curaçao and lime topped with lemon-lime soda: electric blue, sweet-tart and fizzy.
Cuba Libre — Rum and cola with lime, which is the difference between this and a plain rum and Coke.
Dark ’n’ Stormy — Ginger beer with dark rum floated on top. Spicy, sweet and moody.
Fernandito — Fernet-Branca and cola over ice. Bitter, minty and easier to drink than it sounds.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 132

Sugar

≈ 11 g

Strength

≈ 9.2%

Std. drinks

≈ 0.9

Cognac ≈ 88Ginger ale ≈ 42Angostura bitters ≈ 2 How we estimate