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Penicillin – Simple Cocktail Recipe

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Penicillin cocktail from Whiskey Thief

Penicillin

By Jared Padovani*

At Whiskey Thief

Ingredients

4 slices fresh ginger

2 oz. Jura 10-year Highland Scotch

3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice

3/4 oz. honey syrup (1:1 of local honey and water)

1/4 oz. Caol Ila 12-year Islay Scotch

Directions

Muddle 4 slices of fresh ginger in a cocktail shaker and add Jura Scotch, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Shake to combine. Pour Caol Ila into a chilled rocks glass and fine strain mixture over top. Express a lemon peel over the drink and discard. Serve over a large ice cube with a candied ginger garnish.

*Original recipe created by Sam Ross

Penicillin

By Jared Padovani at Whiskey Thief*

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Course Drinks

Servings 1 drink

Equipment

Muddler
Cocktail shaker
Rocks glass
Fine strainer

Ingredients

4 slices fresh ginger
2 oz Jura 10-year Highland Scotch
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
¾ oz honey syrup (1:1 of local honey and water)
¼ oz Caol Ila 12-year Islay Scotch

For garnish:

Lemon peel
Candied ginger

Instructions

Muddle 4 slices of fresh ginger in a cocktail shaker and add Jura Scotch, lemon juice, and honey syrup. Shake to combine.
Pour Caol Ila into a chilled rocks glass and fine strain mixture over top.
Express a lemon peel over the drink and discard.
Serve over a large ice cube with a candied ginger garnish.