Suffering Bastard

Name: Suffering Bastard
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: 30 ml cognac; 30 ml gin; 15 ml fresh lime juice; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 90 ml ginger beer; 1 mint sprig, to garnish; 1 orange slice, to garnish

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Prep3 min

Cook0 min

Total3 min

Joe Scialom's 1942 hangover cure from Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo — gin and cognac with lime, Angostura and ginger beer, served long over ice to British officers during the desert war.

Ingredients

Serves:1

30 ml cognac
30 ml gin
15 ml fresh lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
90 ml ginger beer
1 mint sprig, to garnish
1 orange slice, to garnish

Nutrition (estimated)

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308kcal · per serving

6.8g

Protein

52.3g

Carbs

1.6g

Fat

Recipe total: 308 kcal · P 6.8g · C 52.3g · F 1.6g

Estimated from 7 of 7 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Pour the cognac, gin, lime juice and bitters into a shaker with ice and shake briefly, for about 5 seconds.
2
Pour everything, ice included, into a highball glass, adding more ice to fill it if needed.
3
Top up with the ginger beer and stir gently once.
4
Garnish with a mint sprig and an orange slice.

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Questions and answers

How long does Suffering Bastard take to make?

About 3 minutes.

What are the proportions for Suffering Bastard?

30 ml cognac; 30 ml gin; 15 ml fresh lime juice; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 90 ml ginger beer; 1 mint sprig; 1 orange slice.

How many servings does this Suffering Bastard recipe make?

1 serving. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

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