{"id":1592,"date":"2010-11-14T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2010-11-14T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T05:12:11","slug":"hot-toddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"Hot Toddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been keeping up with this blog for a while you&#8217;ll no doubt know that <a title=\"CH - Hot Drunken Cider\" href=\"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=684\" target=\"_blank\">hot<\/a> <a title=\"CH - Irish Coffee\" href=\"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=916\" target=\"_blank\">drinks<\/a> aren&#8217;t usually my favorite thing.\u00c2\u00a0 However, call it getting old or a change of heart or whatever you like, this week I was drawn to feature a hot drink.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s one that&#8217;s almost universally known, but I wonder how many people have actually tried one.\u00c2\u00a0 I know I haven&#8217;t.\u00c2\u00a0 But, let&#8217;s mix us up some Hot Toddies and see if we can&#8217;t change that.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>Hot Toddy (Joy of Mixology)<\/strong><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>3 Whole Cloves\r\n1 Cinnamon Stick\r\n1 tsp Honey\r\n4-5 oz Boiling Water\r\n2 oz Whiskey, Brandy or Dark Rum\r\nFreshly Grated Nutmeg or Allspice\r\nLemon Twist<\/strong><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>1) Place cloves, cinnamon and honey in a coffee cup<\/strong><strong>\r\n2) Add the boiling water and stir to dissolve honey\r\n3) Allow to steep for 3-4 minutes\r\n4) Add the liquor and stir to combine\r\n5) Dust the top with nutmeg or allspice\r\n6) Garnish with a lemon twist<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>Regan mentions that there is nearly endless possibilities for variation with this cocktail and it&#8217;s easy to see why.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to digging my heals in and hopefully changing my viewpoint on hot drinks forever after.\u00c2\u00a0 Any great Toddy recipes you&#8217;d care to share?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been keeping up with this blog for a while you&#8217;ll no doubt know that hot drinks aren&#8217;t usually my favorite thing.\u00c2\u00a0 However, call it getting old or a change of heart or whatever you like, this week I was drawn to feature a hot drink.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s one that&#8217;s almost universally known, but I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[160,10],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-hot-toddy","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}