Penicillin Cocktail

Created by Australian bartender Sam Ross, you’ll be seeing the Penicillin cocktail on most of your drinks menus as it’s becoming a modern classic.

Treat yourself with a penicillin cocktail to be cured of all your pains. Scotch, ginger and lemon makes this cocktail exactly what the doctor ordered.

Penicillin Cocktail

Recipe by Julian Solorzano

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Cuisine: Classic CocktailDifficulty: Easy

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Servings

1

servings

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

2

minutes

Ingredients

• 1.50 oz Dewars blended Scotch

• .75 oz Honey syrup

• .75 oz Lemon juice

• .25 oz Laphroaig Islay single malt scotch whiskey

• 2 quarter size slices of fresh ginger

• Slice of candied ginger, for garnish

Directions

• Muddle the fresh ginger pieces in a cocktail shaker glass with the honey syrup.
• Add the blended scotch and lemon juice.
• Fill with ice and shake to chill.
• Fine strain into a double old-fashioned glass filled three-quarters full with ice.
• Float the Islay whisky on top of the drink and garnish with candied ginger.

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The Penicillin is just one of the cocktails that use my favorite ingredient, honey syrup. if you are curious about other cocktails that use honey syrup or just about syrups in general, check out our Guide on “everything you need to know about honey syrups” post.

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