Imagine sipping on this cocktail by the fireplace or looking out the window when the weather is cooling and leaves are turning all the beautiful shades of fall! The smoked cinnamon accents combined with the warm sweetness of the rum make it a perfect fall drink. While this cocktail can look intimidating - yes, fire - it is really quite easy to make so give it a try!
Ingredients
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 oz. dark Jamaican rum (like Appleton or Smith & Cross)
- 1 oz. sweet vermouth
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 cherry to garnish
Tools Needed
- Cocktail mixing glass
- Jigger
- Bar spoon
- Hawthorne strainer
- Cedar smoking plank
- Cinnamon stick
- Blow torch
- Cocktail glass
Directions
- Using the blow torch, light the cinnamon stick ablaze on top of the cedar plank.
- Extinguish the flame by covering it with an upside down cocktail glass
- Let the smoke fill the glass while you mix the drink.
- In the mixing glass, pour the rum, vermouth, bitters, and enough ice to almost fill the glass.
- Stir 15 seconds with the bar spoon.
- Strain into the smoke filled glass over a large ice cube and garnish with a cherry.
- Cheers!
