Suffering Bastard

A 1942 classic from the lionized Shepheard Hotel in Cairo - allegedly created to cure hangovers.. although we think they may have gotten the order of operations wrong there! This split-base highball needs a good kick of ginger burn to really sing. Y'all know where to go for that. 👇

Ingredients:

• ½ oz Fiery Ginger Syrup
• ¼ oz Demerara Gum Syrup
  
• 1 oz gin
  
• 1 oz brandy
  
• ¾ oz fresh lime juice
• 1 dash aromatic bitters
• 3 oz club soda
  

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients except soda to a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake hard for 5 seconds
• Strain into a chilled highball glass filled with crushed ice
  
• Top with club soda

Glass:

• highball

Garnish:

• mint and a lime wedge
  

Photo:

Subtle Tiki