Name: Suffering Bastard
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Gin; 20 ml Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice); 10 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 3 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 100 ml Ginger beer

Serve in a

Tiki mug or collins

Garnish:

Pineapple cubes, Luxardo Maraschino cherry, lime wedge & mint sprig bouquet

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain ice-filled glass/mug charged with half the ginger beer. TOP with rest of ginger beer.

1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
2/3 fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
1/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
3 1/3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
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Review:

Unusually combining gin and cognac, lengthened and spiced with ginger beer, this vintage classic was originally designed as a hangover cure.

History:

Created in 1942 by Joe Scialom at the Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.

Nutrition:

One serving of Suffering Bastard contains 193 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
10.47% alc./vol. (20.94° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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