Suffering Baptist

Name: Suffering Baptist
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces Balcones True Blue Cask Strength Corn Whisky; 1 ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin; 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice; Dash of Angostura bitters; 2 ounces Maine Root ginger beer; Lime wheel, for garnish

By David Alan

July 26, 2013

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Photo by Aimee Wenske

The Suffering Bastard is a 1940s tiki standby that was originally made with bourbon and gin as its base. This variation utilizes cask-strength True Blue corn whiskey from Balcones Distilling in Waco, with a nod to that city's famous teetotaling population.

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