"Personally, I would never smoke a straight whiskey, but smoking a whiskey cocktail is another story,"
"I think smoking a whiskey that is typically enjoyed neat or on the rocks (because it deserves to be) would be compromised by the smoke and change the originally intended flavors of the whiskey."
"At Peck Slip Social, we serve a smoked old fashioned using Uncle Nearest Green bourbon," Davis reveals."
"The sweetness of the bourbon plays well with the smoke and adds depth to the flavor of the spi"
Smoked cocktails add theatricality and new flavors beyond basic mixology. The technique originated when a New York bartender smoked Coca-Cola and mixed it with bourbon to create the Waylon cocktail, and the trend has since spread globally. Smoke should be applied selectively because straight whiskey often has an intended flavor profile that smoke can overwhelm. Traditional whiskey could already include peat-derived smoke from malting, so additional smoke can conflict with those notes. Smoking works well in mixed drinks where complementary elements, such as the sweetness of certain bourbons, balance and deepen the smoky character.
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