Suffering Bastard

Name: Suffering Bastard
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 oz bourbon; 1 oz gin; 0.5 oz fresh lime juice; 2 dashes angostura bitters; 4 oz ginger beer (to top); mint sprig and orange slice (garnish)

A World War II-era hangover cure combining bourbon and gin with ginger

bourbonEasy~14% ABV

MethodShakeGlassCollins GlassIcecubedGarnishmint sprig and orange slice

⚠ Contains: 🌾 Gluten

Recipe

Serves1

Ingredients

1 ozbourbon
1 ozgin
½ ozfresh lime juice
2 dashesangostura bitters
4 ozginger beer(to top)
mint sprig and orange slicegarnish

Tools

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Instructions

1Add ice and shake briefly.
2Combine bourbon and gin and lime juice and bitters in a shaker.
3Garnish with a mint sprig and orange slice.
4Strain into a collins glass filled with ice.
5Top with ginger beer.

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History & Origin

Joe Scialom created this drink at Cairo's Shepheard's Hotel in 1942 as a hangover cure for British soldiers fighting in the North African campaign against Rommel's forces. The original recipe combined gin with Cypriot brandy, though bourbon became a common American substitution where it was more available. Jeff Beachbum Berry helped revive interest in this unusual split-base highball after researching Scialom's original handwritten recipe with his daughter Collette.

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