6 Hot Toddys with a Twist!

Happy National Hot Toddy Day!

In this chilly weather, what better way is there to warm up than inside with a hot cocktail? Hot Toddys are a classic and the recipes below have some twists you won’t want to miss out on this season.

Scotch, Whiskey

Oban Hot Toddy

Ingredients

• 4 oz. Water
• 1 Tea Bag (your preference)
• 1.5 oz. Oban 14 Year Old
• 0.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz. Honey

Preparation

1. Boil water and add tea bag.
2. Let tea steep for two minutes.
3. Remove tea bag and add Oban, lemon juice and honey.
4. Stir with a spoon and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Whiskey

Old Fashioned Tea

by Mixologist Eric Ribeiro

Ingredients

• 1.25 oz. Talisker 10 Year Old
• 0.25 oz. Earl Grey Tea Syrup
• 1 cup Water
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 Earl Grey Tea Bags
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 dash Orange Bitters

Preparation

1. Combine water, sugar and Earl Grey tea bags into a saucepan.
2. Bring to a simmer and allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes.
3. Combine Talisker 10 Year Old, Earl Grey Tea syrup, Angostura Bitters and orange bitters in a cocktail shaker with ice.
4. Strain contents into a Rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Whiskey

Johnnie Walker Hot Toddy

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Johnnie Walker Black Label
• 0.5 oz. Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz. Honey

Preparation

1. Heat up 3.4 oz of water until hot.
2. Add water to a brandy glass with Johnnie Walker Black Label, lemon juice, and honey.
3. Lightly stir everything together and garnish with a toasted rosemary sprig or a star anise and cinnamon stick.

Scotch, Whiskey

Buchanan’s Buchanelazo

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. Buchanan’s DeLuxe
• 4 oz Hot Cinnamon Tea
• 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 0.25 oz. Lemon Juice

Preparation

1. To make the tea, boil a cup of water with 3 cinnamon sticks.
2. Dissolve the sugar and add the juice in the boiling tea.
3. Pour Buchanan's in the glass, pour tea over, and garnish with cinnamon stick and lime wheel.

Non-Alcoholic

Seedlip Grove Toddy

Ingredients

• 1.75 oz. Seedlip Grove 42
• 1 Bar Spoon of Coconut Sugar
• 4 oz. Hot Assam Tea

Preparation

1. Combine and stir.
2. Garnish with a ginger peel.

Whiskey

Blade And Bow Gingered Hot Toddy

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. Blade and Bow Bourbon
• ½ oz. Ginger Honey Syrup
• 1 oz. Lemon Juice
• ½ cup Hot Water
• 4 dashes Orange Bitters

Preparation

1. In a mug, combine bourbon, lemon juice, syrup and bitters then stir gently until incorporated.
2. Next add hot water and stir again.
3. Garnish with lemon wheel and star anise.