Dr. Mitchill’s Cocktail

Serves
makes one cocktail
Cook
5 minutes

The prominent New York physician and politician Samuel Mitchill described this bitters-less version of one of the first cocktails in an 1820 temperance lecture; it still cocks the tail.

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Ingredients

2 tsp. honey
1 ¹⁄₂ oz. Smith & Cross Jamaican rum
1 large ice cube
Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish

Instructions

Step 1

In a 6-oz. tumbler, stir honey with 1⁄2 oz. hot water until the honey dissolves. Pour in rum, 1 oz. cold water, and 1 large ice cube. Stir well and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.