Try this recipe as a winter-warmer over the holidays. A hot whiskey is a traditional 'cure-all' for those seasonal sniffles. It’s also a delicious digestif or a night cap (drink before bed).
Ingredients
A good Irish whiskey. (Jameson or Powers is ideal)
A heat proof glass
7/8 Cloves
2 teaspoons sugar
Slice of lemon
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Preparation:
1. Fill a kettle to boil hot water.
2. Place a metal spoon in a glass (will prevent glass from breaking) into the glass to pre-heat it, before emptying it out
3. Cut a slice of lemon, remove the pips and stick some cloves into the fruit.
4. Put a teaspoon of sugar into the glass followed by a shot of Irish whiskey. Give the whiskey and sugar mixture a bit of a stir and try to dissolve the lumps.
5. Add boiling water and then stir.
6. Add the lemon and additional cloves (if desired) to the mix.
7. Wrap a wee napkin around the glass, so you don’t scald yourself.
Enjoy!
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.edmundburke | Dec 26, 2012, 08:57 PM EST
Powers is a good Irish whiskey??
Searlit | Dec 26, 2012, 07:11 PM EST
@johnshiel, that sounds even better.
johnshiel | Dec 26, 2012, 05:47 PM EST
further hot whiskey commentary... around here we use the raw sugar, brownish large crystals that just seeem to taste better... and we put a metal coaster on top of the finished product so it can steep for a few minutes... much more robust infusion of lemon and especially the cloves... slainte!
johnshiel | Dec 26, 2012, 05:41 PM EST
dear ms/mr malone, this is a welcome and warming suggestion you make at the onset of real winter, which you have none of in ireland but are still kind enough to keep alive the time honored tradition of the restorative, the hot whiskey... but in the interest of clarity, I would feed back some confusion I had with your article... namely your use of the word pips. never heard it, don't care to look it up as it is likely a dialectic oddity of your region, but... after slicing lemon, the only thing I discard might be the seeds... might those also be the pips?
Searlit | Dec 26, 2012, 01:29 PM EST
Sounds good. I'll try it!