Weather Up'S Suffering Bastard Recipe

• 1 pound fresh ginger root
• 1 cup graunulated sugar
• 1 ounce Beefeater gin
• 1 ounce bourbon or cognac
• 1/2 ounce ginger syrup
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup (see note)
• 1 ounce fresh juice from 1 to 2 limes
• Angostura bitters
• Soda
• 1 cucumber slice
• 1 sprig of mint
• 1 piece of candied ginger

1. Process the ginger through the juicer and strain through a fine mesh strainer. Alternatively, grind the ginger until fine in the food processor and press it through a fine mesh strainer. Measure and combine equal parts ginger juice and granulated sugar (by volume) in a jar. Seal and shake until the sugar is completely dissolved. Unused ginger syrup can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
2. Shake gin, bourbon or cognac, ginger syrup, simple syrup, lime juice, and a dash of bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain the cocktail into a Collins glass filled with fresh ice cubes and top the glass with soda. Garnish with cucumber and candied ginger on a toothpick and a sprig of mint. Serve with a straw.

ginger root, graunulated sugar, beefeater, cognac, ginger syrup, simple syrup, fresh juice from, bitters, soda, cucumber slice, mint, ginger

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/06/suffering-bastard-weatherup-fresh-ginger-recipe.html (may not work)