The Spirits #94: The Penicillin

~ Practically Lemsip ~ Winter of 1,000 Bugs ~ If your limbs begin dissolving ~ The Slow Readers Group ~ Flavedo ~

~ THE PENICILLIN ~

A thumb of fresh ginger
50ml blended Scotch
10ml Islay scotch (e.g. Laphroaig, Ardbeg, Lagavulin)
20ml lemon juice
20ml honey, loosened with a little hot water

Slice the ginger into little coins and place these in the bottom of your shaker. Add the Scotch and muddle awhile. Now add everything else. Fill the shaker with cubes (of ice, I hasten to add) and give it the old up-and-down. Strain the mixture into an old fashioned glass featuring one large ice cube. And garnish with ginger (candied?), a section of lemon flavedo (see below), or some fancy combination of the two.

Some Penicillin notes: