Blue Blazer
makes 2 drinks
Recipe from Rob Chirico
Made with Scotch, honey and water, the Blue Blazer got its charming name from the fact that the drink is literally all lit up well before the imbiber is.
This recipe comes from Rob Chirico's Hair of the Dog. For more of Rob's great cocktails, buy his Field Guide to Cocktails.
ingredients
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup boiling water
5 ounces Scotch or Irish whiskey
Lemon peel
timer
prep: 5 minutes
total: 5 minutes
tools
2 heavy mugs
saucepan
matches
2 glass goblets or serving mugs
instructions
1. Pour honey and water into one mug and stir until honey dissolves.
2. Warm whiskey in saucepan until hot, but not boiling, and add it to a second mug.
3. Light whiskey with a match and carefully pour it into the first mug. Pour the flaming whiskey back and forth several times until the flame subsides.
4. Pour into clear mugs or cut-glass goblets and garnish with lemon peel.
