Suffering Bastard
The Suffering Bastard is an IBA New Era Drink: 5 ingredients, shaken and topped and served in a collins. That makes 236 ml in the glass, soda included: a long drink.
MethodShaken and topped
GlassCollins
In the glass236 ml
Strength10.9%
Ingredients
- 30 mlcognac
- 30 mlgin
- 15 mlfresh lime juice
- 2 mlAngostura Bitters
- top upginger beer
Method
- Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the ginger beer, shake well with ice.
- Pour unstrained into a Collins glass or in the original.
- S. Bastard mug and top up with ginger beer.
Garnish: Garnish with mint spring and optionally an orange slice as well.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 1.0 out of 10 of bitterness, 47th of 186.
- round → sour
- It tends round: 125th of 186 for acidity, and what little acid there is comes from fresh lime juice.
- light → strong
- Just 10.9% in the glass: lighter than 62% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on brandy.
Five that come close
- Moscow MuleBuilt on vodka and with vodka in place of cognac.
- Gin Fizz3 degrees lighter and built on gin.
- Mojito3 degrees lighter and built on rum.
- Tom CollinsSweeter and more sour.
- Three Dots and a Dash4 degrees stronger and built on rum.
Every drink near the Suffering Bastard on the map
Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026