Jan 11, 2013
Flaming Cocktails
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Credit: Todd Coleman
Legend has it that when President Ulysses S. Grant had his first Blue Blazer—a flaming whiskey toddy poured between cups in a pyrotechnic arc—he rewarded its inventor, Jerry Thomas, with a cigar from his own breast pocket. It was well deserved: Fire enhances aromatics, brings pleasing warmth, and caramelizes surface sugars, making the experience of sipping a cocktail all the more heady. While you're unlikely to land a presidential commendation for flambéing drinks at home, what you will get is showstopping libations, such as these from bartender Brad Farran of Brooklyn's
Clover Club.
See the recipes in the gallery »
This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #153
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