Hot Toddy
Hot but never boiling — boiling water scalds the whisky.
Ingredients
Method
Stir honey and lemon with hot (not boiling) water, add the whisky last.
- Glass
- Mug
- Ice
- None — served hot
- Garnish
- Lemon wheel studded with cloves
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 5 minutes
- Strength
- Light
- Style
- Stirred
- Tastes
- citrus-forward, sweetened and smoky
Where it comes from
British and Scottish, documented from the 1700s, and taken as much for colds as for pleasure. Never boil the water; it scalds the spirit and drives off the aromatics.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .