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Cocktail recipe

Suffering Bastard

A shaken cocktail featuring Cognac, Gin, Lime juice.

Suffering Bastard cocktail

Ingredients

  • 30 ml Cognac
  • 30 ml Gin
  • 15 ml Lime Juice
  • 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
  • 1 Ginger Beer

Method

  1. Add Cognac, Gin, Lime Juice and Angostura aromatic bitters to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake until cold.
  3. Pour the drink and its shaking ice into a highball glass.
  4. Add Ginger Beer last and stir gently to combine.
  5. Optional garnish: Mint Leaves sprigs and optionally an orange slice as well.

Story

Joe Scialom made it at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo in 1942 as a hangover cure for Allied officers. It became so popular that, the story goes, eight gallons were sent to the front at El Alamein.