Cocktail
Penicillin
Smoke, honey, ginger.
- Glassware
- Rocks
- Method
- shake
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
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spirit
Whisky distilled in Scotland, often peated. Earthy, smoky, complex.
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fruit
Always fresh-squeezed. Tart and aromatic — bottled juice does not compare.
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syrup
Honey thinned with warm water (typically 3:1) so it mixes properly.
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syrup
Fresh ginger steeped in simple syrup.
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spirit
Whisky distilled in Scotland, often peated. Earthy, smoky, complex.
Method
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Combine blended Scotch, lemon, honey, ginger in shaker with ice.
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Shake hard 12 seconds.
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Strain into rocks glass over a large cube.
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Float a small pour of Islay Scotch on top.
Garnish
Candied ginger
About this drink
Sam Ross, 2005. Blended Scotch sour with a peated Islay float.
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