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About The Blue Blazer Cocktail
The only drink we know of that requires keeping a fire extinguisher close by, the Blue Blazer was cooked up by cocktail pioneer Jerry Thomas in a gambling saloon in Gold Rush–era San Francisco. In his 1862 “Bar-tenders Guide,” he describes it as a “blazing stream of liquid fire,” but it’s basically a Hot Toddy made with high-proof scotch and a whole lot of flair.
Ingredients in The Blue Blazer Cocktail
4 oz Cask-strength scotch
4 oz
2 tsp Demerara or raw sugar
2 tsp
Demerara or raw sugar
3 oz Boiling water (plus more boiling water to heat mugs)
3 oz
Boiling water (plus more boiling water to heat mugs)
Garnish:
Glass:
How to make The Blue Blazer Cocktail
Serves 2.
Preheat 2 glass mugs with boiling water and discard water.
Clear all flammable materials from mixing area. Lay down a damp towel or 2 to soak up potential spills. Keep a fire extinguisher on hand.
Pour sugar, scotch and boiling water into one of the mugs, and ignite with a match.
Very carefully, pour flaming liquid back and forth from mug to mug (about 5 times).
Pour drink evenly into mugs and extinguish flame.
Garnish with lemon peels.
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