Happy Bastard Recipe
Gin and brandy share a tall glass with ginger syrup, lemon and a little elderflower, lengthened with tonic for a dry, quinine snap.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 13%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- Gin30 ml (1 oz)
- Brandy22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Elderflower liqueur7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Ginger syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Tonic water45 ml (1.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Add everything except the tonic water to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
- Top with the tonic water and stir once, gently.
- Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Garnish
Lemon wheel
The Story
A lighter-hearted relative of the Suffering Bastard, the gin, brandy, lime and ginger beer drink Joe Scialom devised at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo in the 1940s.
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