The “smoking in bars” trend has become one of hospitality’s most sophisticated ideas and is currently spreading across America.
Dads with handy hands, or even grown-up drinkers, can now enjoy cocktails at home.
Tequila Comos, a premium newcomer making waves in the fast-growing agave spirits market, has introduced a kit for smoking cocktails at home this Father’s Day.
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These are available when you purchase the top-of-the-line Comos Extra Añejo.
“This is the world’s best tequila for the world’s best dads,” said Leah Soler, education director for California-based Tequila Comos.
Tequila Comos Smoked Manhattan: Tequila Comos Extra Añejo was recently the first tequila to receive a perfect 100-point rating from a tasting panel. (Tequila Comos)
In January, Tasting Panel magazine awarded the sophisticated, aged spirit a perfect 100 point score, the first for a tequila.
The kit allows amateur bartenders to recreate one of the most over-the-top trends in big city cocktail bars at home.
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Bartenders inject smoke into cocktails using ingredients such as wood chips or tobacco from cigars.
This adds even more complex aromas and flavors to the meaty, flavorful cocktail, allowing the muscle and bones to carry the smoke and blend in without being overpowering.
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“Some of the best bars and restaurants in the world offer smoked tequilas and smoked cocktails like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds,” Soler said.
Rafael Bastidas makes a homemade smoked Cuba Libre at Inmigrante on the Beach in Toronto, Ontario, on February 3, 2023. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
“Making a really indulgent cocktail is an extraordinary experience and an extraordinary moment. It’s not something people can typically do at home, so we wanted to bring that experience to everyone.”
The Komos Extra Anejo smoking kit comes with pecan chips, a torch-style lighter, and a squat cylinder that fits into the top of a standard rock tumbler.
Lighting the pecans gives the drink a smoky aroma and flavor.
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The kit includes: Retail store or online Buy Tequila Comos Extra Añejo.
According to the distiller, hardwood pecans “enhance the rich, nutty and smoky flavor of Comos Extra Añejo.”
Tequila Komos’s Smoke Kit allows cocktail lovers to recreate the popular bar trend at home. (Tequila Comos)
The smoke swirling in the glass is a cool sight to see and a showmanship touch you’ll see in any modern cocktail bar.
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Check out this recipe.
Tequila Comos Smoked Manhattan
Note: Smoking kit required.
(1 cocktail)
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2 oz Tequila Comos Extra Añejo
¾oz Scocchi di Torino
¼ ounce Nocino liqueur
Luxardo cherry garnish
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Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir until thin.
Pour into a cocktail tumbler.
Place the COMOS smoker mesh side up on top of the glass.
Add a handful of pecan chips to the smoker and light it with a blowtorch.
Garnish with a cherry.
enjoy.
