a hot toddy is very simply a mixture of hot water whisky some lemon juice some honey I'd like to make mine a little wider you know do some interesting things with it so you start with your tins you need whiskey first off bourbon rye scotch whatever you have on hand works perfectly I myself am a bourbon man that extra sweetness makes it taste that much more like medicine so you just pour out a bit of your whiskey some fresh squeezed lemon juice which here at Rye House we put in two bottles for service your ratios don't really matter too much I like to get a cloudy I know just a little bit so it's not too tart it's not too sweet use some honey honey lemon sugar in this case honey give it a little dry shake together just strictly optional it's just faster when I'm doing it during service pour it into a nice insulated mug top it off with hot water this water is actually very hot probably see it's steaming give it a quick stir make sure he combines nicely you can add a lemon wedge for a little extra flavor a little extra zest that right there yeah that'll make your night fact I remember the Boxing Day Blizzard was making hot toddies with 100 perón proof whiskey and handing them out like candy because everybody here was basically stuck come on the last train out Alta Brooklyn and I tell you waking up the next morning to come to work not that much fun the hot toddy made it a lot easier