Name: Smokestack Lightning
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Reposado tequila; 7.5 ml Peated malt whisky; 15 ml Agave syrup; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 4 drop Margarita Bitters

Ingredients

1 ³⁄₄ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Peated single malt whisky

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

4 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters (optional)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Smokestack Lightning contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.28% alc./vol. (36.55° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

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James Hanks Premium Member 1w

I made using Tequila Ocho repasando and Lagavulin 11 year and it was amazing.

Ruth Harvey 1y

I used Ardbeg. I asked Me H. if he could guess what I had used - I thought he might say Mezcal but he got it right..and proclaimed this to be "more than excellent!" Full marks all round Mr Difford.

Ian Philips 1y

Delicious. I used quality maple syrup instead of agave as it's all I had (we're Canadian), and it was a hit. Maybe a touch sweet, but honestly I drank it back quick and wanted more. Love the name too!

Carl Potts 1y

Sounds lovely. Nit-picking: You have said "with like a wisp of Islay smoke" yet you use Torabhaig. Torabhaig is an Isle Of Skye whisky, not Islay.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Thanks. I originally made using an Islay whisky, but when I changed the whisky, I didn't think to amend the comment. Now corrected.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 2y

We go with Lagavulin. The Agave measure is spot on for us. Another beautifully poised cocktail...perhaps you're a Libran Simon.

Gillian Craib Premium Member 2y

I upped the whisky to 10ml; much preferred it.

Chris Brislawn 3y

We don't always like drinks quite as sweet as Simon does, and I like to rely on the sweetness from the liqueurs, fortified wines and fruit juices present in most cocktails. For this drink I replaced the agave with dry curacao, which made it even more margarita-like. I sometimes replace 25% of the tequila in margaritas with a smoky mezcal, and this is a nice variation using scotch (I used Compass Box Peat Monster). Interesting contrast to my Roberto Roy cocktail. Great cocktail name, too!

Anna Thompson 3y

Gorgeous. I didn’t have peated whisky so used 2 drops of smoke flavouring. Dialled down the line a little too, but that’s my personal preference.

Mateusz Bączyński 4y

I used Ardbeg Uigeadail and El Jimador Reposado. It was extra delicious. Definitely to make over and over again. All I love: tequila and Islay whisky!

Smokestack Lightning