Smoke on the Water Cocktail Recipe

About The Smoke on the Water Cocktail

This day-drinking-ready cocktail from Carlos Perez at Chicago’s Nellcote is simultaneously elegant and ready to blaze.

1 ¹⁄₂ oz

³⁄₄ oz

Cointreau

¹⁄₂ oz

Hibiscus simple syrup

1 oz

Fresh watermelon juice

¹⁄₂ oz

Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice

Garnish:

Flaming rosemary sprig

Glass:

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice, and shake until chilled.

Strain into a rocks glass.

Soak a fresh rosemary sprig upside down with 100-proof alcohol for five minutes.

Put the sprig upright in the rocks glass, and light right before the first sip.