Preparation Build over ice; stir. | ||
Ingredients Soda water, Ice, 1/2 oz Whiskey Served On the rocks; poured over ice |
A stengah is a drink made from an equal measure of whisky and soda water, served over ice. It was a popular drink with British subjects in the early 20th century, in areas of the British Empire in Asia. In W. Somerset Maugham's short story The Book-Bag, he writes, "I told the amah to fetch the whiskey and syphon and I mixed her a good strong stengah and made her drink a little." The term derives from the Malay word for "half".
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