Drinks

Smoke Sumn

By: Hannah Lee Leidy

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Use a rocks glass to cap smoking wood chips and cinnamon sticks. Once the glass turns cloudy and opaque, remove it from the smoke and quickly build Justin Hazelton’s version of the old fashioned.

recipe

yields

1 cocktail

Ingredients

1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
1 stick Palo Santo
2 ounces Old Overholt rye
½ ounce vanilla demerara syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 dash Creole bitters
Garnish: Smoked cherry

Special equipment: Handheld blowtorch

steps

On a wooden cutting board, form cinnamon stick pieces and woodchips into a pile. Torch until cinnamon and wood are red hot. Cover with a upside-down rocks glass to capture the smoke.
In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine rye, demerara syrup, and bitters. Stir for 30 seconds, then strain into smoked rocks glass.

Date Published: 11.06.20