The Sazerac is one of our all-time favorite cocktails, but The Smoking Gun has all the ammo needed to shoot to number one with a bullet. Brought to us by NYC-based Cocktail Enthusiast and Amateur Home Bartender [Alex Miller](https://www.instagram.com/designingdrunk/) this newfangled take has "... so much flavor and complexity and was incredibly fun to get smoked up. It's got a light absinthe note, a touch of sweetness, and a bit of coffee and cardamom to compliment the Tequila and rum."

Ingredients:

• 5 oz Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy (100 Proof)

• 2 Tbsp ground coffee (we suggest PT's Flatlander Blend)

• 2 small cinnamon sticks

• 5 whole cloves

• 1/4 slice of fresh orange

• 1 oz añejo tequila

• 1 oz Lemon Hart Demerara Rum

• 1/2 oz cinnamon simple syrup

• 2 dashes Boker's Bitters

• 3 dashes absinthe

• Applewood

Instructions:

1. Combine first five ingredients in a sealed container, and infuse for two weeks to make bitters
2. Once ready, combine two dashes of bitters with remaining ingredients in a rocks glass
3. Stir and strain cocktail over ice
4. Smoke cocktail under a container for 30 seconds until thick with smoke
5. Allow smoke to rest for 30 seconds and serve