The BLUE BLAZER cocktail was made popular by legendary barman professor Jerry Thomas at the El Dorado Saloon prior to 1862. The Blue Blazer is credited as the original ‘flaming cocktail’. Enjoy one tonight!!
4 oz Macallan 10 Year Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch whisky
2 oz hot water
2 oz demerara sugar syrup
Long wooden match
Glassware: 2 metal blazer mugs
Garnish: 2 lemon peels
Method: Combine the whisky, hot water, syrup, and lemon peel garnishes in 1 of the blazer mugs. Use the match to set the contents of the mug alight and slowly pour the contents of the mug into the other mug, about 2 to 3 feet apart. Make a show of it, but take great care not to spill any. Extinguish the flame in 1 of the mugs by placing the other mug on top of it. Repeat with the other mug and serve.
*Note: Working with flaming drinks is dangerous. Proceed at your own risk. Practice the technique with water before making this drink and have a fire extinguisher nearby in case of a spill.
Until our next cocktail together…
Bottoms up!
Brian Van Flandern
www.MyMixologist.com
