by KIRK MILLER

5 Great Hot Toddies to Make at Home This Winter

Rebel Toddy – Little Rebel (NYC)

Ingredients

– 2 oz Starward Whiskey – 0.25 oz Allspice Dram – 0.75 oz Honey Syrup – 0.25 oz Lemon Juice – Splash of ginger syrup

Directions

– Combine ingredients, add 4 oz of hot water.

Hot Jazzy – TLK (NYC)

Ingredients

– 1 oz jasmine-infused Suntory Toki Whisky* – 0.5 oz Pineau De Charentes – 0.5 oz ginger syrup – 0.5 oz honey syrup – 0.5 oz lemon juice – Hot jasmine tea – Garnish: orange wheel and dried jasmine flowers

Hot Jazzy – TLK (NYC)

Directions

1. * For the jasmine-infused whisky: Combine the 2 cups of loose-leaf Jasmine Tea and 1 liter of Suntory Toki Whisky in a sterile container for 24 hours. Then, strain the tea from the whiskey into a bottle for use. 2. Place all ingredients in the mug, finishing with hot jasmine tea. Place an orange wheel flat on top and sprinkle with crushed dried jasmine flowers.

Artesano TeaArtesano (NYC)

Ingredients

– 2 oz gin – 1 oz mint-rosemary syrup* – 2 oz green tea reduction** – 1 oz lime juice

Artesano TeaArtesano (NYC)

Directions

1. *For the mint-rosemary syrup: Take 10 mint leaves and 4 rosemary pieces, 3 bags of green tea, and 10 oz each of water and sugar and boil for 15 minutes. Strain and cool. 2. **For the green tea reduction: Combine 3 bags of green tea and 10 oz of water. Boil until half the liquid evaporates. 3. Mix gin, syrup, tea reduction and lime into a pot and heat to desired serving temperature (be careful not to let it boil).

When it’s cold, gray and wet outside, there’s nothing like ducking into a cozy pub and sipping something hot and boozy to warm your bones. The classic choice, of course, is a hot toddy — whiskey, lemon, honey and hot water. It’s practically cold medicine, in the most delicious of ways.

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