Penicillin

Penicillin

Sam Ross

Makes 2 cocktails

Honey, ginger, and lemon over Scotch with a mezcal float for the smoke—a modern classic.

Ingredients

• 4 oz port-finished Scotch (Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban)
• 1 ½ oz fresh lemon juice
• 1 oz honey syrup
• ½ oz ginger syrup
• ½ oz mezcal (Vago Espadín)

Method

1. Shake the scotch, lemon, honey, and ginger with ice.
2. Strain over a large rock, then float the mezcal across the top.
3. Garnish with candied ginger.

Note. The classic floats a peated Islay; the unpeated Bruichladdich won’t smoke, so the mezcal does that work.