Weller, a sweet wheated bourbon and Carpano Antico Formula, which has a smooth vanilla flavor that typically plays nicely with Campari. The C is for effort, but I’m not convinced that the light smokiness is worth the extra step between you and your first sip at happy hour.Ī Boulevardier is a cousin of the negroni that swaps out gin for whiskey. Should I smoke a margarita? Can I smoke citrus? What would happen if I smoked rosemary? What about chai tea? After hemming and hawing for a bit, we decided to move away from the gin drinks and into tequilas and whiskeys. With this self-graded C minus in cocktail smoking, I started harassing Josh about my options. I’m neither a great bartender nor a scientist, and I really didn’t want to waste my liquor cabinet supply by blindly smoking random cocktails with obscure flavors. Still, I was underwhelmed and started to consider that maybe this endeavor was a bad idea. There were some light smoky notes on the palate and the Plymouth gin definitely held the woodiness on the nose longer than the Old Tom did. For my second attempt at smoke box glory, I tried another Negroni, this time with Plymouth gin. When you fall off the horse, you get back on. Here’s what I learned, here’s what we made, and here’s the final verdict on whether or not you need a smoke box.įirst, here’s what you need to know about the smoke box: Each comes with a handheld smoker, two small jars of smoking chips (apple and cherry) and the glass smoking box itself.
WHISKEY SMOKER KIT TRIAL
In order to correct this underuse and discover the true potential of the smoke box, I decided to take on the trial and error in my own home, along with the help of my husband, Josh, who is a much better cocktail crafter than I - and an important character in this story. To be honest, I didn’t know what to make in it or if what I did make would even benefit from the addition of smoke. I’m sad to report that since then, my smoke box has gotten very little use, aside from a few merchandising photo shoots for Southern Kitchen. The smoke box seemed too cool not to have, especially for those who enjoy making cocktails as much as my husband and I do.
Before our conversation was over, I’d already ordered one for myself from the Shoppe at Southern Kitchen.
A few months back, our Chief Merchant, Sean Pruett, told me about the Crafthouse by Fortessa Glass Smoke Box.
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