Adding smoke to cocktails enhances the flavour profile, aroma and visual presentation, creating a unique and engaging drinking experience.
It adds depth, complexity and a touch of theatrics to the cocktail, elevating it from ordinary to extraordinary.
Here are five fiery cocktails to get temperatures rising at your next party:
The Phoenix is widely known as a mythological bird that would repeatedly die in a burst of flames. In Chinese culture, a phoenix often symbolises good fortune, good luck and harmony.
Made with white rum, dragonfruit, lychee and pineapple juice, this limited-edition cocktail is sure to hit the mark from an aesthetic and taste point of view.
For an added element of theatre to impress your guests when you make this cocktail at home, sit the drink in a small plate or saucer.
Wrap it in super fine steel wool – regular kitchen steel wool won’t work, so get some from Bunnings – the looser you make it, the better the flames!
Imagine camping by the fire at night, where the edible moss represents the Tallebudgera Valley with hearty and tropical flavours and sipping the tastes of Italy through the Montenegro and Aperol, combined with a world-class rum and orange juice for a good dose of vitamins.
Garnished with a skewered marshmallow over the glass, ready to be toasted, serve this cocktail with a miniature fire pit.
This cocktail sets the scene for a good time as the ultimate kickstart to a fun night out with friends – the heat and tropical flavours of this drink will transport you to the picturesque beaches of Phuket and Koh Samui.
The cocktail got its name from the ancient art of fire dancing hundreds of years ago by the Maori people of New Zealand and has in time turned into a form of storytelling and dance, finding its way to Thailand in the 1980s.
A sweet and smoky seduction. The Smoking Mirror blends the richness of spiced rum, with a touch of bitters and a housemade smoked paprika syrup. It’s then smoked in a glass box with applewood and finished with a toasted marshmallow for the ultimate sensory delight, capturing the essence of a smoky, sexy and unforgettable cocktail experience. It’s velvety smooth and you’ll savour every sip.
This cocktail transports the drinker to the edge of a roaring campfire, in the heart of a wild pine forest. The whisky has been infused with brown butter and housemade shortbread to mimic the biscuit layer of a S’more.
This cocktail is served tableside, sprayed with the Laphroaig mist to bring the drinker’s imagination to the edge of the campfire. It is garnished with secret frozen inverted S’mores - a housemade marshmallow, stuffed with chocolate praline and then frozen.
It is flamed at the table for the ultimate sensory-heightened nibble to enjoy alongside your cocktail.
