Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s Hot Toddy

Main alochol is Bourbon

Jeffrey Morgenthaler of Clyde Common in Portland, ...

  • 45 ml - Bourbon
  • 30 ml - Ginger syrup
  • 22 ml - Fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp - Allspice or pimento dram

Stir all the ingredients in a bain-marie until warmed through. (If no bain-marie or double-boiler is available, pour very warm water into a mixing tin, then in a smaller mixing tin, add all the ingredients and nestle the smaller tin inside the larger tin until ingredients are warm. ). Pour into a preheated mug and top with 3 oz boiling water. Garnish with an orange peel. Ginger syrup: Roughly chop 8 oz washed, unpeeled ginger (each piece about the size of your pinkie-tip). Put in a blender and combine with equal parts sugar and boiling water. Blend on high until mixture is smooth, then fine-strain through a sieve.