Hot Toddy (Hot Scotch & Lemon)

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Discerning Drinkers (50 ratings)

Serve in a

Toddy glass

Garnish:

Lemon slice on rim with cinnamon stick in glass

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into pre-warmed glass.

1 1/2 fl oz Blended Scotch whisky
1/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
1/6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
3 dried Clove
2 fl oz Boiling water
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Review:

The faintly smoky flavours of Scotch add spice to this warming drink that's great when you're feeling down with a cold or the flu.

History:

Lost in time but Dickens refers to a "Whisky Toddy" in The Pickwick Papers.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 13.09% alc./vol. (26.18° proof)
  • 16.4 grams of pure alcohol
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