The Knight Library Winner, using Traveller Whiskey
By Fox
So as a foreword: this was all created on the fly. I chose to jump in the competition last minute while barbacking and literally came up with this cocktail in front of everyone, without any sense of measurements. FOR SCIENCE!
What simply works with a blended whiskey? Something anyone can make — with about three ingredients in their kitchen? Whiskey. Maple Syrup. Lemon. Scotch and… Chili-infused “Hot Honey” (found in the kitchen immediately before walking out to the bar). Smokey, sweet, a little spicy but more importantly, whiskey-forward and you don’t even have to shake the damn thang.
As for the name, I thought “Traveller,” Who travels? Vagabonds, explorers, train hoppers… and so I called it “Daddy Issues.” Then.. show up, state the name, swipe the bottle off the counter, and walk away for cigarettes. But don’t… Come back. Make a cocktail on the fly. Garnish with a Lucy right out of my own pack, stab a sword through it and… The Bit WINS!
“DADDY ISSUES”
First:
Take bottle and leave for cigarettes.
Contemplate return.
JUUUST kidding…
Chilled Rocks glass
2oz Traveller Whisky
1oz Fresh-squeezed Lemon
.5oz Pure Maple syrup
.5oz of Chili-infused Hot Honey
– SHAKE the shit out of it –
Club soda float
Scotch smoke aromatic on top
Let it sit for a second
Cigarette of your choice as a garnish stabbed through with a cocktail sword.