The Steemit COCKTAIL OF THE DAY… DAY 5 - Created For A Steemian Im Sure We Have All Heard Of!

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COCKTAIL OF THE DAY… DAY 5

"Making a proper cocktail is an art"

As the weekend comes to end..,we should savor what is left of it. Sunday night is time to relax and chill with a beautifully crafted cocktail. Maybe a time for reflection or just to clear our minds for the week to come…

I have been having so much with "these Steemit Cocktails of the Day… And today's cocktail could easily be one of the best yet… Ladies -- Gentlemen -- STEEMIANS… I bring you… THE STEEMED

With each of these cocktails.., I want to elevate my game… And make sure they are worthy their namesake. The cocktail for today is meant to not only sooth… But to take you to another place, as the delicate aroma gently enters your mind. Enjoy!

THE STEEMED…

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Four Roses Bourbon
• 1 1/2 oz Fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz Grade B maple syrup
• 2-3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• Smoked glass
• Handful cedar chips
• 4-5 Cloves
• Spiral orange zest

Let the smokiness of this cocktail transport to another place as you drift away...

Preparation:

• Place cedar chips on something that won't burn down the house!!! (iron skillet will do)
• Rub the cloves into the cedar, really well, really well
• With a torch or lighter light the cedar chips on fire and let them catch
• Blow out and place your tumbler glass over the smoke (the glass will fill with smoke). leave it

• In a mixing glass (pint glass) add your: Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Maple Syrup, Bitters
• Fill mixing glass almost to top with ice - Shake. Shake it to Break it
• Pick-up your tumbler glass and gently turn right side up (it should be filled with smoke
• Gently add fresh ice to tumbler filled with smoke
• Gently pour contents of mixing glass into tumbler -- SLOWLY
• The smoke will start to dissipate and rise (very cool)
• Garnish with spiral orange zest

Notes:

• When working with smoke and fire… I feel, like I must say.., BE CAREFUL. Don't burn the place down, please!
• Besides the smokey taste that is added to this cocktail… It adds such an amazing aroma, that you can sense, as you raise the glass to your lips, which just adds a whole new dimension to the experience of this well crafted cocktail.

You have just made one of the finest whisky cocktails you will ever taste... And if I do say so myself, it's steeming -- THE STEEMED... Enjoy.., you deserve it!

CHEERS!

For tomorrows cocktail we are going to venture into deeper waters and go where no man has gone before with the cocktail for another Steemian, we know for his killer novel -- The Alarm Clock Dawn!

And don't forget to stop back tomorrow for more...