Hull Breach

• 2.0 oz. bourbon rested in rum barrels
• 0.75 oz. Cynar
• 0.25 oz. sweet vermouth
• 6 drops lactart

Stir with ice, smoke mixer or glass with hickory chips, strain into glass.

I got a new smoke kit earlier this year and was playing around with different smoked drinks. This was a Manhattan variation where the Cynar helped to balance the sweeter bourbon/rum base. You could play with different spirits, as there are a number of bourbons rested in rum barrels. The lactart here was to brighten the final drink without moving towards a sour.

The smoke and the rum inclusion pushed me to think of a cannon shot, thus the name of Hull Breach. I wish I had captured the smoke in the image. Consider this pre-battle.