Smokee bourbon… Sounds like a fun experiment.
drinks
Bond Mixology
An iPhone-optimized site that lists recipes for every drink consumed by James Bond, sorted by film.
Snowshoe
A very simple recipe of two ingredients: bourbon and peppermint schanpps. This sounds like an ideal winter drink.
Cocktail Science in General: Part 1 of 2
My friend Jeremy pointed to this excellent breakdown on why you should shake your cocktails instead of stirring them.
This also lead me to read a bit more about "bruising" gin and from what I've heard, that concept appears to have been debunked a while back. The gin isn't bruised, though if you actually have juniper berries in the drink, they would be bruised when shaken.
Mocktails
A small collection of mocktails (non-alcoholic cocktails), by a maker of tonic.
Smoking Lemons for Smoked Lemonade
I smoked these beautiful lemons at 220° for an hour using a mix of charcoal and pecan and then we squeezed them to make an amazing lemonade that held a richer flavor, without losing any of the bright citrus tang. I’ve included a straightforward lemonade recipe below, but there are many great recipes out there that you can use as a base.
Five lemons will give you about one cup of juice, resulting in six servings of lemonade when all is said and done. The steps below are built on this estimate.
- Cut lemons in half and place them in a pan(s) that will fit in your smoker. . Disposable pie pans work well, as it may be easier to position them around the meat in the smoker. I placed some cut-side down and others cut side up to even out the amount of smoke they would absorb.
- Smoke them for about an hour at 220°, reduce the time if you’re already cooking at a higher temp.
- Pull them from the smoker and let them cool.
- While they cool, make a simple syrup by heating 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Squeeze the now-cool lemons into a pitcher
- Pour the syrup into the pitcher along with 3 cups of cold water (you can add more later if it’s too strong, but you’ll likely add ice too).
For an added adult-only twist, you can add bourbon, either in the pitcher or per-glass, to your taste.
Hat tip to Leesa for the inspiration!