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Recipe courtesy of Geoffrey Zakarian

Show: The Kitchen

Episode: Our Tastiest Makeovers

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Total:: 25 min
Active:: 10 min

Yield:: 1 serving

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1 1/4 ounces Simple Syrup, recipe follows
1 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce light rum
1/4 ounce mezcal, such as Del Maguey
1/4 ounce aged rum, such as Zacapa Rum 23
1/4 ounce Scotch, such as Lagavulin Islay Single Malt Scotch 16
Lime wedge, for garnish

Simple Syrup:

1 cup sugar

Directions

Put the Simple Syrup, lime juice, light rum, mezcal, aged rum and Scotch in a cocktail shaker, add large ice and shake vigorously. Double-strain over fresh ice in a highball glass, add a lime wedge to the rim at 2 o'clock and serve.

Simple Syrup:

Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Keep covered in the refrigerator up to 1 month.

Cook's Note

This drink is a cheeky riff on the classic rum and Coke. You are using a blend of light and dark rums with lime and sugar (which is essentially a fresh daiquiri) and then adding just a little bit of 2 very smoky spirits: Islay Scotch and mezcal.

My Private Notes

Name: Rum and Smoke
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H25M0.000S
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 1/4 ounces Simple Syrup, recipe follows; 1 ounce fresh lime juice; 1 ounce light rum; 1/4 ounce mezcal, such as Del Maguey; 1/4 ounce aged rum, such as Zacapa Rum 23; 1/4 ounce Scotch, such as Lagavulin Islay Single Malt Scotch 16; Lime wedge, for garnish; 1 cup sugar