Nightcap, anyone?
. It’s pot-stilled, which means it’s fuller and richer. One of the Hot Toddy’s main dangers is being too thin and a single malt scotch or pot-still Irish whiskey helps offset that.: Fresh juice. Actually, the original Toddy didn’t have lemon juice at all and was essentially just a Hot Old Fashioned: whiskey, sugar and hot water.
The solution: fill a large shaker tin or bowl halfway with boiling water and then place a smaller shaker tin or metal bowl inside it, creating a kind of bain-marie. Add lemon juice, honey/ginger and whiskey to the smaller vessel and stir to gently heat it for about one or two minutes, before pouring it into your pre-warmed mug and topping with boiling water.
Also, a PSA: Do not heat it on the stove. Direct flame under pure spirits is an exceedingly bad idea.