Whiskey Cocktails: Blended Scotch
Presbyterian
Ingredients
2 oz. Cutty Sark Scotch
Ginger beer
Garnish
Lime wheel
Candied ginger
Preparation
Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a Collins glass. Top with ginger beer and add ice. Garnish with candied ginger and either a lime or lemon wedge.
Cocktail Story
In the late nineteenth century, ginger ale and brandy were frequent bedfellows. As brandy all but disappeared due to a phylloxera vastatrix epidemic, the Scots got a little inventive, swapping in whiskey and carrying on with their ginger ale cocktails. Enter: the Presbyterian. Most likely named in jest of religious prudes who wouldn't touch a drink, the Presbyterian evolved over time to include ginger beer. A common way to order one at that time was to ask for a Mamie Taylor, which indicated that a squeeze of lime be added to the drink.