Created by Sam Ross in the early 2000s, the original Penicillin cocktail became a modern classic thanks to its brilliant mix of Scotch, lemon, honey, and ginger.
Our non-alcoholic cocktail, The Cure—basically a ginger whiskey sour—delivers that same comforting profile, without any alcohol. Spiritless Kentucky 74 provides an oak-forward backbone, ginger syrup adds warmth and balancing sweetness, fresh lemon juice keeps things bright, and a few dashes of our Aromatic bitters add the bite and depth that make this a truly satisfying non-alcoholic cocktail—not just another sweet “mocktail.”
This recipe was perfected using Spiritless Kentucky 74, but feel free to use your favorite alcoholic or non-alcoholic whiskey instead.
All the flavor and bite of a ginger whiskey sour, without any alcohol.
Author:
All The Bitter
Ingredients
2 oz Kentucky 74 (or other NA whiskey)
¾ oz lemon juice
¾ oz ginger syrup
5 dashes All The Bitter Old Fashioned Aromatic
Directions
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake hard for 6–8 seconds.
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
Garnish with candied ginger or a lemon twist.
Recipe Note
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS This non-alcoholic variation on a whiskey sour works well because it layers the acidity of lemon juice, the weight of syrup, the warmth of ginger, and the bite of oak. A few dashes of our Aromatic bitters bring depth and balance—making it a serious non-alcoholic whiskey cocktail, not just a sweet mocktail.
ABOUT SPIRITLESS KENTUCKY 74 Kentucky 74 is a non-alcoholic whiskey made through a proprietary reverse-distillation process: a neutral grain spirit is infused with American oak and then the ethanol is removed, leaving a full-flavored distillate with less than 0.5% ABV (the legal definition of "non-alcoholic" in the United States). The result is a spirit with true barrel character—super oak-forward, and ideal for replicating the unmistakable character of whiskey in a non-alcoholic cocktail.
COCKTAIL BITTERS IN NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS Cocktail bitters provide depth and balance, rounding out sweet and sour flavors while adding bite. Since All The Bitter is completely 0% ABV (unlike traditional bitters, which are around 45% alcohol), you can use as much as you like to dial in flavor and complexity without affecting the ABV of your drink.
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