AUGUST 30, 2018 // 15
COLUMBIA BAR
Smoke on
the Water
Story and photo
By RYAN HUME
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–– COM E EN JOY OUR K ITE ROOM ––
SMOKE ON THE
WATER
• 2 ounces Mezcal
• 1 ounce Cointreau, or
other orange liqueur
• 1/2 ounce agave syrup
• 1 ounce watermelon
shrub
• 1 ounce freshly
squeezed lime juice
• Thin slices of lime for
garnish
• Cilantro
• Ice
Using water or lime,
rim an old-fashioned glass
with chili salt. Add liquid
ingredients, cilantro and ice
to a cocktail shaker. Mix
well and strain into rimmed
glass. Garnish with lime
slices and an extra sprig of
cilantro.
—Recipe courtesy of
David Licitra, bar manager,
Carruthers, Astoria CW
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Dining Out
n a recent visit to
Carruthers in down-
town Astoria, the
name of one drink off their
seasonal bar menu stood out,
as it seemed to foresee the
persistent ashen sky we have
suffered as of late: Smoke
on the Water.
While there is no ev-
idence that bar manager
David Licitra was prognosti-
cating about wildfires when
he named this drink earlier
in the season, somewhere
between connecting the in-
herent smokiness of Mezcal
to Deep Purple’s seminal
1972 hit rock song (which is
very literally about watching
a casino burn down over
Lake Geneva during a Frank
Zappa and The Mothers of
Invention show in Switzer-
land), Licitra perfected a
summer beverage for these
particularly dreary, hazy
days.
In fact, the way the
cocktail was garnished with
bright red Korean chili-flake
salt, lime slices and cilantro
almost made the glass look
like a little terrarium of a
burning tree set above water.
Where it was once the
ugly stepsister of tequila on
the U.S. bar scene, Mezcal
had been gaining popularity
for its small-batch produc-
tion and intense, deep flavor,
closer to Scotch in many
ways than tequila. The Coin-
treau and agave syrup add
richness while the house-
made watermelon shrub and
lime juice offer a little bite.
If you don’t have any home-
made watermelon vinegar
laying around, an extra shot
of lime juice should balance
things out.
But don’t forget to rim
the glass with the chili salt
(Korean chili flakes are
available at Pat’s Pantry),
which builds to offer a nice
bit of heat at the end of the
glass. Carruthers uses a ratio
of about 3-to-1 of kosher
salt to chili flake, but feel
free to experiment and find
your own capsaicin breaking
point.
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