Spicy Sips: The Ready, Fire, Aim Cocktail

About The Ready Fire Aim Cocktail

Mezcal shoots to kill in Steve Schneider’s smoky cocktail that’s bolstered by chile-tinged bitters and a homemade honey-pineapple syrup for sweet balance.

Ingredients in The Ready Fire Aim Cocktail

1 ³⁄₄ oz

Mezcal Joven

1 oz

Honey-pineapple syrup

³⁄₄ oz

Pineapple juice

¹⁄₂ oz

lime juice

3 dashes

Bittermens Hellfire Habanero Shrub

Garnish:

1 Pink peppercorn, ground

Glass:

Cocktail

How to make The Ready Fire Aim Cocktail

Add all ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.

Shake, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a grind of pink peppercorn.

Other Information

*Honey-pineapple syrup:

2 cups honey
1 cup water
50 pink peppercorns
1 pineapple, cubed

Mix two cups of honey with one cup of hot water. In a separate container, crush together 50 pink peppercorns and a whole cubed pineapple. Add the two mixtures together and let sit overnight. Fine strain into a clean container with a lid.