Penicillin
Modern classic. The ginger and honey do the heavy lifting.
Ingredients
- 60 ml Scotch
- 22 ml Lemons
- 22 ml Honey
- 3 coins Fresh ginger
Method
Muddle the ginger, shake everything hard, double strain over a big cube.
- Glass
- Rocks
- Ice
- One large cube
- Garnish
- Candied ginger
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Takes
- About 4 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward, sweetened and smoky
Where it comes from
Sam Ross created it at Milk & Honey in New York in 2005. The float of peated whisky over a honey-ginger scotch sour made it one of the most copied cocktails of the century so far.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
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