Originally created in 2005 by Sam Ross in NYC, this has quickly become a bartender favorite due to its sweet-sour balance and the use of two different Scotch's!&nbsp; Bartender Tip: The Smokier the single malt in this drink the better!

Intermediate

Alcohol

Bitter

Sour

Sweet

Penicillin

Cut your lemon and ginger slices ready for muddling and garnish

Knife

Prepare

put 3 ginger slices and lemon juice in your shaker

Mexican Elbow Juicer

Shaker

Fresh Ginger

Lemon juice

Ginger and Lemon

Muddler

Muddle

Fill both your rocks glass with ice block/ball and shaker with cubed ice

Ice Scoop

Rocks glass

Jigger

Scotch Whisky

Runny Honey

Scotch and Honey

Close the shaker and shake hard for 8 seconds

Shake

Take off the small top off the shaker and fine strain out the mix into your iced glass.

Fine Strainer

Fine Strain

Pour your smoky single malt onto the top of your cocktail

Smoky Single Malt

Single Malt

Ginger

Garnish and serve

First filmed July 2019

Whiskey

Penicillin

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