Classic cocktail

Suffering Bastard

Joe Scialom's 1942 hangover cure from Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo. Gin and brandy with lime and bitters, topped with ginger beer.

Glass
Collins glass
Method
Shake
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
6

Ingredients

  • 1 oz London Dry GinMore gin cocktails
  • 1 oz Brandy
  • ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • ¼ oz Demerara Syrup
  • 2 dash Angostura Bitters
  • 4 oz Ginger Beer

Garnish: Mint sprig and orange slice

How to make it

  1. Add the gin, brandy, lime juice, demerara syrup, and bitters to a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake until chilled.
  3. Strain into a collins glass over fresh ice and top with the ginger beer.
  4. Garnish with a mint sprig and an orange slice.

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