Suffering Bastard

Suffering Bastard

Joe Scialom, 1942

Makes 2 cocktails

A 1942 Cairo hangover cure—gin and cognac over lime and ginger beer, with Angostura.

Ingredients

• 2 oz London dry gin (Tanqueray)
• 2 oz cognac (Rémy Martin 1738)
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• 4 dashes Angostura bitters
• Ginger beer, to top

Method

1. Shake the gin, cognac, lime, and bitters with ice.
2. Strain over fresh ice in a tall glass.
3. Top with ginger beer; garnish with an orange slice and mint if you have it.