Name: The Smoke Also Rises
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Rabarbaro liqueur; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

The Smoke Also Rises
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Coupe Glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wheel slice (dehydrated).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A bittersweet riff on a Hemingway Special .

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2020 by Orestes Cruz at Empire State South restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Originally made with Cappelletti Sfumato Rabarbaro.

Nutrition:

One serving of The Smoke Also Rises contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.4% alc./vol. (18.4° proof)
21.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

18th February at 14:45

Just a drop (or two) of chilli tincture doesn't go astray here. One of our favourites.

G. M. Genovese

29th December 2023 at 16:31

This recipe has appeared out of nowhere since I bought my Amaro Sfumato a couple weeks ago. Finally made it today. Reading the comments, I went with Clement 80 proof rhum agricole. I hereby declare this the only way to go when making this. Near perfection. (29 Dec 2023, 11:31a)

Avery Garnett

7th July 2023 at 18:51

I'm very oddly reminded of the various blueberry flavoured cereal bars (those nutri-k? maybe? ones. or something.) from the late 00s UK. Definitely tastier that's for sure; a lovely and complex and bitter and fruity drink with a hint of smoke.

Avery Garnett

7th July 2023 at 19:00

Nutrigrain! that was it.

Frederic D.

26th January 2023 at 01:14

Very intriguing cocktail, with quite the evolution. It starts out citrus, followed by a hint of sweet maraschino, and ends with dry, smoky rabarbaro. Definitely a sipper. I quite enjoyed it, but I might try to swap out the base liquor (I used Plantation 3 Stars) for something a bit more assertive, that can stand up to the rabarbaro. Maybe go all in on the smoke and switch to 1.5 tequila/0.5 mezcal?

Frederic D.

15th November 2024 at 23:57

Remade with 1.5 Oz of Afrohead rum and 0.5 of OFTD. This allowed the rum to leave more of an impression while keeping to the spirit of the drink. I considered Smith & Cross, but I don't think the funk would have worked as well in this context. I also tried a bit with Pamplemousse instead of Maraschino, and that took away some necessary complexity.

Nic Durston

12th November 2022 at 18:07

Enjoyed this. Good balance of bitterness, sharp fruit and sweetness. Very good aperitivo for an Autumn evening.

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