Hot toddy

For other uses, see Hot toddy (disambiguation).
A hot toddy
Information board highlighting the hot toddy at Ye Olde Red Cow pub in London

A hot toddy, also known as hot whisky in Ireland,[1][2] and occasionally called southern cough syrup[3] within the Southern United States, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or in some recipes, sugar), lemon, herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot.[4] Recipes vary, and hot toddy is traditionally drunk as a nightcap before retiring for the night, in wet or cold weather, or to relieve the symptoms of the cold and flu. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as "the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb."[5][6]

  1. ^ Muirithe, Diarmaid Ó (31 October 2006). Words We Use: The Meaning of Words And Where They Come From. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717151844 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Wondrich, David (17 December 2010). "Wondrich: The Essential Winter Cocktail". Esquire. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ Cosgrove, Jaclyn. "Flu myths: The flu shot won't make you sick, and whiskey won't cure you". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Definition of Hot Toddy". Princeton WordNet. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. ^ Moore, Victoria (18 November 2009). How to Drink. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC. p. 236. ISBN 978-0740785740.
  6. ^ Slater, Nigel (12 March 2011). "Nigel Slater's classic hot toddy recipe". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2012.