Whisky Mac Toddy

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Serve in a Toddy glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Blended Scotch whisky
1 oz Ginger wine
3 1⁄2 oz Boiling water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-heat a Toddy glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.
  3. POUR all ingredients into pre-heated glass.
  4. Garnish with lemon slice.

Review:

Simple, warming and comforting – rich ginger wine, gently spices and mellows Scotch whisky.

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History:

A Whisky Mac, made into a long warming toddy by simply adding boiling water.

The first published reference to a Toddy was in England in 1741.

Nutrition:

One serving of Whisky Mac Toddy contains 125 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 11.29% alc./vol. (11.29° proof)
  • 20.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Jonathan Goldthorpe’s Avatar Jonathan Goldthorpe
22nd December 2024 at 13:18
Used rye and kings ginger. Perfect
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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
3rd July 2023 at 13:21
Retried the drink with Stone's Special Reserve and J&B Rare. Still strange, but good, much better than the previous one. I feel like I can taste nuances of both the J&B (cereal and caramel) and the Stone's Reserve (intense ginger and raisin). This is a drink which heavily relies on your Scotch and ginger wine. Still a fair bit of burn, which does detract from the overall experience.
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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
29th November 2022 at 21:15
Honestly, not a fan. Just tasted like alcohol with a burn and nothing else. But it could be because of mediocre Scotch (William Lawson's) and the basic Stone's.
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