Cocktail Cadre

🎄🍸25 Days of Christmas Cocktails, Day 18

Tonight’s drink is a Chimney Sweep, a Boulevardier riff made with Cynar in place of Campari and finished with chocolate bitters. The original recipe includes a small measure of Laphroaig for smoke, but I used a glass smoker with cherry wood instead (a gift from Cadre co-founded Jeff Ferguson) , which gave the cocktail a very bold smoky character.

Garnished with a brandied cherry. Bitter, rich, smoky, and perfect for a winter night.

Have you experimented more with smoky spirits or with smoking the glass itself?