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Frankly, I'm sick and tired of being offered a 'smoky' cocktail in a bar, only to be given some blended scotch or weak-as-hell mezcal diluted with bland ingredients that don't contribute to the overall flavour profile. Today, I have sought to answer the source of my own gripes.

I have taken some heavily peated scotch whisky, and some pungent mezcal, and endeavoured to push the REAL limit as to how smoky a cocktail can get. Turns out? Pretty damn smoky.

Thanks to Ciksmo for sending me their awesome cocktail smoking gun! Really enjoyed using it, and can honestly very highly recommend it as a product.
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Recipes
#1 Mezcal Cocktail
2oz Madre Mezcal
0.25oz lapsang souchong & toasted chilli pepper syrup
3 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes hopped grapefruit bitters
Stir over ice
Smoke with hickory wood chips
Garnish with a flamed grapefruit peel
Enjoy

#2 Peated Scotch Cocktail
2oz Laphroaig 10yr
0.75oz lapsang souchong & toasted chilli pepper syrup
1oz lime juice
8 mint leaves
Shake over ice
Double strain into a glass rimmed with salt, chipotle chilli, and smoke paprika
Smoke with oak wood chips
Garnish with a mint sprig
Enjoy!

Smoke n' spice syrup
Brew 1 part lapsang souchong tea
Toast aleppo pepper flakes in a pan (to taste)
Add 2 parts sugar to pan
Add lapsang souchong
Stir until simmering and sugar is dissolved
Pass through a sieve into a bottle


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Timestamps
0:00 Hmmm
0:15 Intro to Smoke
0:51 The Task at Hand
1:29 What is mezcal?
2:13 Recipe #1
3:28 A Disaster of Unprecedented Severity
3:49 Okay its fine (Recipe #1)
5:46 Tasting Notes
7:15 What is smoky/peated scotch?
7:48 Recipe #2
10:00 Tasting Notes
11:30 Outro