How To Make A Classic Hot Toddy Cocktail
Warning: This recipe contains alcohol. If you are under the legal drinking age, please do not proceed.
Caution: This recipe requires the use of a sharp knife and hot water. Please be careful.
During the colder months of the year, nothing can be more soothing and calming than a Hot Toddy. The toddy is a traditional style of cocktail that has been around for over a century. While it can be served either hot or cold, the Hot Toddy is the most popular of the two. By definition, a toddy is a drink with a distilled spirit, sweetener, and water. While the original Hot Toddy portrays that entirely, there are also other possibilities for the creatively inclined. These easy to follow steps will show you how to make a classic Hot Toddy using Bourbon as our spirit of choice due to its sweet and subtle taste. Before you know it, you will be cozying up on the couch enjoying a warm Hot Toddy!
You Will Need:
· Kettle
· Sharp kitchen knife & cutting board
· Small bowl
· Lemon squeezer
· Measuring spoons & measuring cups
· 10–12oz mug
· Small spoon to stir
Ingredients:
· 2oz of Bourbon whiskey
· 1 tablespoon honey
· 1 teaspoon lemon juice
· 8oz boiling hot water
· 1 lemon
Step 1: Heat Up Some Water
Fill your kettle with at least 8oz of fresh water and set to boil
Step 2: Prepare Lemon Wedges
Take your lemon and kitchen knife over to your cutting board and slice the lemon in half while waiting for the water to boil. Then proceed to slice the halves into half.
Step 3: Gather Receptacle For Lemon Juice
Place your small bowl on a hard sturdy surface, such as the kitchen counter or inside the kitchen sink.
Step 4: Make Some Lemon Juice
Hover your lemon squeezer directly above the small bowl and then extract lemon juice from two of the lemon wedges.
Step 5: Start To Compile Our Cocktail
Divvy out a 1 teaspoon of lemon juice from the cup using a measuring spoon and then pour into the 10–12oz mug.
Step 6: Add Bourbon
Measure 2oz of Bourbon with a measuring cup and pour into the mug.
Step 7: Add Honey
Pour the honey into a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon and then put contents of the tablespoon into your mug.
Step 8: Add Hot Water
Fill your mug with hot water once it is done boiling. Fill to top if using a 10oz mug, or leave a half-inch gap at the top if using a 12oz mug.
Step 9: Blend Flavors Together
Stir all contents inside the mug using the small spoon.
Step 10: Make It Pretty
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Optional: if desired, can also add a cinnamon stick as garnish.
Conclusion:
You have now learned how to make a Classic Hot Toddy. This drink is suitable for any occasion and is a hit at any gathering! The Hot Toddy has many variations, but the most classic version contains only the essential ingredients: whiskey, hot water, honey, and lemon. However, this simple cocktail can be modified to suit different palates. For example, the Hot Gin Toddy replaces whiskey with one and a half ounces of Gin; and instead of honey you add one teaspoon of sugar, and then top it up with only two ounces of hot water. But before you proceed to try out a variant, go ahead and enjoy your Classic Hot Toddy! You deserve it.
