Smokin’ Peach

Name: Smokin’ Peach
Ingredients: 2 fluid ounces Bulleit bourbon I like Bulleit, but you do you; 1 fluid ounce Goya Peach Nectar; .5 fluid ounce mint simple syrup; 1 dash lemon juice fresh is best, but the bottled kind will do; 1-2 dashes Fee Brothers Peach Bitters orange bitters may be substituted; 1 slice dried peach for garnish

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On the same trip to Long Island where we discovered the Chocolate Chili Old Fashioned, we had an awesome cocktail called a Smokin’ Peach at a nice little Italian joint called Spuntino Wine Bar & Italian Tapas, in Garden City, NY.

Being from Georgia and all, we found it amusing that a New York establishment would have a peach cocktail, but no matter. This thing is incredible, and the smoke adds an extra dimension. As usual, this is my take – I asked them for the specific quantities, but they ain’t talkin’.

If you don’t have a smoking kit, it’s fine – the cocktail stands on its own; the smoke just adds, well, what smoking a cocktail adds.

Smokin’ Peach

For: 1 Drink

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Ingredients

2 fluid ounces Bulleit bourbon (I like Bulleit, but you do you)
1 fluid ounce Goya Peach Nectar
.5 fluid ounce mint simple syrup
1 dash lemon juice (fresh is best, but the bottled kind will do)
1-2 dashes Fee Brothers Peach Bitters (orange bitters may be substituted)
1 slice dried peach (for garnish)

Instructions

Add crushed ice to a mixing cup with strainer
Add bourbon, peach nectar, simple syrup, lemon juice, and peach bitters
Cap and shake, then strain into a rocks glass or other cocktail glass.
Smoke with maple or cherry wood, then garnish with a dried peach slice.

Notes

A couple of these ingredients are a little obscure or difficult to find. Here’s what we used:

Fee Brothers Peach Bitters (Amazon)

Goya Peach Nectar (Amazon)

Bob Sawyer

I’ve always (well, since I was of legal age to do so) enjoyed whiskeys of all stripes, but really became interested in creating my own concoctions, or learning/figuring out how to mix cocktails that I’d had elsewhere, when I helped a web design client build her own mixology/cocktail recipes site, mixnsip.com. In fact, I appear in a number of her videos sampling the results of her experiments. She even created a special scotch-based cocktail, “The Bob,” just for me. So now I’m sharing the wealth, so to speak. When I try a unique bourbon-based cocktail (really the only kind I drink), I then like to figure out how to make them at home. It’s easy when the bar or restaurant includes the ingredients on their menus — then it’s up to me to figure out the ratios, and let me tell you, half the fun is just getting there! Feel free to try any of these at home, and if you have one you’ve tried you’d like to share, send it to me and I’ll feature it on the site! Cheers!

November 22, 2022

Bourbon

bitters, bourbon, peach, smoked