Drinks given highest points (5)

I believe the answer is:

topes

'drinks' is the definition.
('tope' can be a synonym of 'drink')

'highest points' is the wordplay.
'highest' becomes 'top' (I've seen this before).
'points' becomes 'es' (E is an example**).
'top'+'es'='TOPES'

'given' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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