Classic Highball

My favorite lazy summer activity is to watch TV on my laptop (or read a book) with a cocktail in the backyard. Despite my fancy pants preference for high-end whiskeys and pricey cocktails, I don’t make extravagant cocktails at home because 1.) I’m not a bartender/mixologist/barkeep 2.) I don’t have a fully stocked bar 3.) sometimes you just want a damn cocktail that doesn’t require a lot of thinking. Thus, the cocktails I make for myself are pretty simple and today, I just want to drink something simple and refreshing — a highball with whiskey and ginger ale does just that.

I also felt a little Martha Stewarty so I wasted two minutes of my life cutting out letters from melon slices with 1” letter cookie cutters.

For 1 cocktail:

• 2 oz. rye whiskey
• Ginger ale

Fill a glass with ice. Pour in whiskey and top with ginger ale.