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 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Smoke Also Rises contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
18.4% alc./vol. (36.8° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

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

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

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 3y

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 3y

Nutrigrain! that was it.

Frederic D. Premium Member 3y

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. Premium Member 1y

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.