When They Go Low, We Go Highball: Fifty Cocktails for Smashing the Patriarchy

by Leslie Miller, Shantelle Pace (Foreword)

A glass of empowerment is best served straight up.


Tired of the mansplaining? Ready to smile when—and only when—you feel like it? Cheers to that! It’s time to celebrate the ladies who lift you up and roast the societal expectations that bring you down.


When They Go Low, We Go Highball features all your favorite tipples but with a feminist twist—from a Mai Time Has Come to a Cointreau v. Wade to a Catcall Crusher—plus all-new concoctions to refresh, delight, and fuel your inner fire. Sip an 19th Amendment Edition, or stir up a pitcher of Aperol Spritzerhoods to share with your book club, your cat ladies, and all the important women in your life.


With fifty easy-to-make cocktails and mocktails, you’ll be toasting to a female future in no time, so gather your coven, stock up your home bar, and get ready to smash that patriarchy.

128 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication April 14, 2026

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Reviews

[Pattie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cocktail recipe book is equal parts cheeky and inspirational, mixing inspirational quotes and women's history facts into the pun-filled cocktail recipes. For example, you will find inspiring messages like: “Oh, Michelle. We aspire to your intellect, your poise, your power, and your arms. And often fall short. But “when they go low, we go high” will never stop being the right advice, the voice of our own better angel." Followed up by a gin and tonic recipe called "When They Go Low, We Go Highball." `i appreciated that there were a few N/A cocktails for our sober and sober-curious friends. The book ends with some helpful mixer recipes, garnish and tool tips. Finally, there are tips for `'`Putting Action Into Practice" with inspiration for connecting with community and advocacy (pared with cocktails). There are some bar tools that folks with new home bars might need to purchase (muddlers, etc), but it's nothing crazy that you are only likely to use once. Ultimately, I think this is a fun, informative book that would make a great gift for your gal friends!

Thanks to NetGalley and Flashpoint Books for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. Cheers!

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book so much. SO much. Oh my god, so much.

Between the amazing names for the drinks (Who are you calling a horchata? and Well-behaved women rarely make daquiris) and the incredible descriptions of the drinks and the reasoning of why they were called what they were with little tie ins to history, this book is just incredible. I love the quotes from famous feminist books, authors, and strong women and the even the introduction that was beautifully written.

This book should be on everyone's list to check out when it comes out. It's one of the most fun cookbooks I've seen in a while. I don't usually find myself reading the intros either to recipes or to the book itself, this one I found myself doing the exact opposite.

[LittleRead · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me the second I read “Mansplaining” and it only got better from there. I absolutely mapped out a list of drinks that I will be making my girlfriends come to visit but best of all? I know what all of my girlfriends are getting for their birthdays throughout this coming year!

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.