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Liquor.com / Tim Nusog
This New Year's Eve-inspired libation by bartender Yael Vengroff comes with all the pyrotechnics.
Ingredients
- 3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 6 mint leaves
- 2 ounces Bowmore 12-year-old single-malt scotch
- 1/2 ounce Campari
- Garnish: flaming lime shell*
Steps
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Add lime juice, syrup and mint leaves to a Collins glass and press gently with a muddler.
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Add scotch and fill with crushed ice.
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Float Campari on top and fill with more crushed ice.
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Garnish with a flaming lime shell*.
*Flaming lime shell: Squeeze juice from half a lime, reserving juice for another use. Place lime shell atop prepared cocktail and place 1 sugar cube inside. Douse sugar cube with Bacardi 151 rum and carefully light on fire. Extinguish before drinking.