"I was advised by the bartender at the back bar of Shepheard's that the concoction was popularly called a "Suffering Bastard" and, originally, a "Suffering Bar Steward," so named by its inventor, a usually hung-over attendant there. While the ingredients were secret, it did contain gin, brandy, fresh mint, ginger ale and certain fluids which not only magically cured a hangover, but usually started the patient on his way to a new one."