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Hot Toddy (Hot Scotch and Lemon)

Classic/vintage · Hall of Fame and must know/try · Hot Drinks

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky
1/4 oz Lemon juice
1/4 oz Honey and water syrup
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
3 dried Clove
2 oz Boiling water

How to make

Serve in a toddy glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-heat a TODDY GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel and cinnamon stick.

Method

  1. 3 POUR first 4 ingredients into pre-warmed glass.
  2. 4 ADD cloves.
  3. 5 TOP with boiling water.

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with lemon slice on rim and cinnamon stick in glass.

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History

Faintly smoky Scotch flavours add spice to this warming cocktail, suitable for colds or the flu.

The earliest known mention of a toddy appeared in England in 1741. Charles Dickens referenced a "Whisky Toddy" in his 1836 work, The Pickwick Papers. Jerry Thomas' Bar-tenders Guide, published in 1862, includes a recipe for a Whiskey Toddy. The Whiskey Toddy recipe from the guide is: 1 teaspoon of sugar, ½ wine-glass of water, 1 do. Whiskey, and 1 small lump of ice, stirred together in a small bar glass.