Hot Honey Bourbon Toddy

So winter is creeping up on me. This night will be a “killing frost,” and I can already feel it seeping into my office despite my workstation and its space heater graphics card. As I am finished with work and study, perhaps a “small” hot toddy will warm my bones and provide a path to a good night’s sleep. I may stretch my drink by adding hot tea, or I may not; this will depend on how I feel when I get into the kitchen.

I call out bourbon here, but rum, brandy, scotch, and Irish whiskey may also be used. It is also possible to use a cherry bounce or liquor infused with fruit (apple, pear, etc.), though one would genuinely want to be sparing with it as the sugar content could make for a surprisingly bad morning. I may drop a cherry or two from the bounce jar in for a bit of flavor.

In any case to quote our good friends at Wikipedia:

A hot toddy, also known as hot whisky in Scotland, and occasionally called southern cough syrup within the Southern United States, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or in some recipes, sugar), lemon, herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot. Recipes vary, and hot toddy is traditionally drunk as a nightcap before retiring for the night, in wet or cold weather, or to relieve the symptoms of the cold and flu. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as “the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb.”

A hot toddy is a mixture of a spirit (usually whisky), hot water, and honey (or, in some recipes, sugar). In Canada, maple syrup may be used. Additional ingredients such as cloves, a lemon slice or cinnamon (in stick or ground form) are often also added.

Bourbon Toddy

With honey, bourbon, and cinnamon, is the perfect cure for a cold and nasty night

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine Global

Servings 2

Calories 169 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tbsp Honey Real Stuff
• 1 cup Hot water
• 2-4 shots Bourbon Or alcohol of couce
• 2 ea Lemon peel strips
• 2 ea cinnamon sticks

Instructions

 

• Stir honey and water in a 2-cup measuring cup until honey dissolves.
• Add bourbon
• Divide between 2 Toddy glasses.
• Twist a strip of lemon peel over each drink, then add to glass.
• Stir each with a cinnamon stick and serve.

Notes

Use alcohol of choice, rum, brandy, scotch, Irish whiskey, etc.

One can also play with infusions, such as fruit-infused, pepper-infused, or, my favorite, bacon-infused bourbon.

Nutrition

Calories: 169kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 0.1gFat: 0.01gSaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 16mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 0.2mg

Keyword Bourbon, Hot

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