smoke is sometimes added to a cocktail for visual, aromatic, or flavor appeal. Perhaps the most common way of utilizing smoke is via a handheld smoking gun, in which wood chips or other flavorful flammables (tea, tobacco, herbs, etc.) are ignited, with the smoke directed via a nozzle into a drinking vessel or atop a prepared cocktail. Other methods of adding smoke to cocktails include placing cocktail ingredients (such as fruit or ice) in a traditional cold-smoker before use, igniting an aromatic next to an empty glass or a prepared cocktail and then covering both with an airtight container, or using a smoky spirit such as a peated scotch whisky or mezcal.
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By: Paul Clarke