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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Whisky Toddy

A whisky toddy built with ale, lemon, whisky, boiling water, and sugar.

Served in Large tumbler.

Variants (3)

Drinks a La Mode by Mrs de Salis (1891, p.31) — Drinks a La Mode 1891

2 slicelemon acid
1 dessertspoonale base
1 good wineglassfulwhisky base
fillboiling water dilution
to tastesugar sweetener
  1. Put ale and lemon slices in a large tumbler, place a wineglass of whisky in the centre, pour boiling water into the wineglass until it overflows into the tumbler, discard the wineglass contents, and sweeten to taste.

Garnish: Lemon slices

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.45)

1 lumpsugar — Sugarbase
whisky — Whiskybase
  1. Place a spoon in the toddy glass and allow the customer to finish the drink from the bottle.

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.45) — Old Fashion

1 dashlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 small pieceice — Icebase
1 drinkwhisky — Whiskybase
1 small spoonfulsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Build in the glass and serve with a spoon.

Ice: Ice