Recipes · A classic

Suffering Bastard

A shaken gin drink with ginger beer, brandy and lime juice. It's mostly spicy, herbal and sour.

Suffering Bastard in a highball

Ingredients

  • 1 oz 30 mlGin
  • 1 oz 30 mlBrandy
  • ½ oz 15 mlLime juice
  • 2 dashesAromatic bitters
  • 4 oz 120 mlGinger beer
  • shaken
  • highball
  • Mint sprig

Method

  1. Add the gin, brandy, lime juice and aromatic bitters to a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake hard for about 12 seconds.
  3. Strain into a highball over fresh ice.
  4. Top with the ginger beer.
  5. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Taste

How the Suffering Bastard tastes

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