Bluegrass Perfecto Recipe

Mix

Chill a rocks glass by adding a large ice cube or a few small cubes and setting aside. In a mixing glass add 2 oz Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon, 0.5 oz aged dark rum, 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice, 0.25 oz simple syrup, 3 dashes Jamaican-style bitters, and 2 dashes tobacco bitters.

Stir & dilute

Add a generous amount of ice to the mixing glass and stir briskly for 20–30 seconds (about 20–25 full strokes) until the mixture is well chilled and properly diluted (to taste).

Prepare glass & strain

Discard the ice from the chilled rocks glass. Strain the cocktail from the mixing glass into the rocks glass over one large ice cube (or a couple of fresh large cubes).

Garnish

Express the oils from a lemon peel over the drink by holding the peel skin-side down above the glass and giving it a sharp twist. Run the peel around the rim of the glass and drop it into the drink as a garnish.

If you want a light tobacco aroma: place a small metal funnel or a coupe over the rocks glass inverted. Put a pinch of cured pipe tobacco or smoking chips on a heatproof surface and briefly ignite with a lighter until smoking. Capture the smoke under the glass for 10–20 seconds to rinse the interior, then discard the tobacco. Proceed to pour the strained cocktail into the smoked glass. Alternatively, you can briefly flame the pinch of tobacco and invert the glass over the smoke to impart aroma before adding ice and the cocktail.