Hot on the heels of August’s theme of Fire, this month’s Mixology Monday is its oft-time companion and huckleberry friend: Smoke.
They say where there’s smoke, there’s fire– it isn’t necessarily true if we’re down to the smoldering embers, but, well, they say it anyway. In our case, where there was fire, now there’s smoke, and it’s time to stoke your enthusiasm for the next challenge.
Smoke has been everywhere this past year, from liquors to lemonades, to the hills here in Southern California(!); smoke in its many forms has been front page news.
For me, smoke is also a transitional element: it symbolizes the last summer bonfires, sitting around the fire pit making s’mores, and the start of the fragrant crackles from the fireplace announcing that fall is coming.
For September’s theme, I’d like to see how you interpret smoke. With your liquor or ingredients? Your glassware? Will you whip out a chemistry set to transform your cocktail into ghostly vapors? Do you own a home smoker, still in the box, that’s never been used? Well then, you’re welcome. Unpack those ideas and let’s set off a couple smoke alarms this month for MxMo.
Here’s the rundown:
1. Create a cocktail using the element of smoke interpreted in whatever way you see it.
2. Post the recipe on your blog, or the egullet’s spirit and cocktail’s forum (thread HERE), with a photo and your thoughts on the drink.
3. Add the MxMo logo to your post with a link to the Mixology Monday website, and one back here to Stir & Strain.
4. Submit a link to your post here on the announcement post, tweet me at @elanabean (include hashtag #mxmo) or send an email to elana (at) stirandstrain (dot) com with Mixology Monday in the subject.
5. Posts must be submitted by midnight September 23rd.
Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with! Have fun and we’ll all meet back up the week of the 23rd for the roundup.
The Smoking Jacket Cocktail from the Los Angeles Bar 1886. That glass is all smoke.
Hey, Elana! Here’s my submission for MM:
http://www.901cocktails.com/blog/archives/182
Cheers,
Stew
Elana,
Here’s my first entry for this month. Awesome theme, obviously:
http://drinkstraightup.com/2013/09/16/apple-and-snake/
Lata,
Nick
…and here is round two….
http://drinkstraightup.com/2013/09/19/smoke-signal/
can’t get enough smokey goodness.
Never tell my boss that I finished an assignment several days before the deadline – but I just couldnt’ wait any longer to test my idea.
So here is my smoke cocktail:
http://www.ginhound.com/2013/09/gefion-smoked-sour-mxmo-lxvii.html
Here’s my submission for MxMo Smoke. Cheers!
http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2013/09/copper-creel.html
Hi there Elana,
Here is my submission for MxMo Smoke http://www.aworldofdrinks.com/2013/09/mixology-monday-smoked-apple-flip.html
Thanks,
Craig Umpleby – aworldofdrinks.com
hey there Elana, thanx for Hosting, here’s my entry
http://theshorterstraw.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/ceci-nest-pas-une-jasmine-for-mxmo-lxxviii/
Our entry this month. The Hearthstone. http://wp.me/p2Kswh-kI
Thanks for hosting! Here are my submissions.
The Black Francis, with Islay Scotch, Punt e Mes, and PX sherry: http://www.kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/black-francis-0
And the ‘Burn Notice, with lapsang souchong-infused Smith & Cross rum, hot ginger syrup, yuzu preserves, lemon, and smoky Cynar: http://www.kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/burn-notice-0
Smoked.
We have two submissions! Here is the first: http://rootandglass.com/istiklal-caddesi-a-mxmo-smoke-recipe/
Here is the second: http://rootandglass.com/newtons-fog-a-mxmo-smoke-recipe/
Our blog is basically a week old so please excuse us if we missed anything!
Thanks for hosting Elana. Here’s my entry after a few lazy months off!
http://www.cocktailsincardiff.tumblr.com
Thanks, mark
Cardiff Cocktails
Hi elena, thanks for hosting! After some flaky attempts, I settled on this drink, the sfozando. http://landersbloggings.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-sfozando.html
My submission for MXMO . . . Here is it is . . .Smoke N’ Honey!
http://adrinkwithforrest.blogspot.com/2013/09/mezcal-monday-12-smoke-n-honey.html#gpluscomments
Thanks for the the theme and for hosting Elana.
The Tezcatlipoca, humbly submitted to make mezcal even smokier from Southern Ash.
http://southernash.com/2013/09/mxmo-tezcatlipoca/
Thanks for hosting, Elana! (and, because I just caught on, thanks for the blogroll link too!)
Here’s a good one for ya, with vermouth smoke and song, The Distance: http://feu-de-vie.blogspot.com/2013/09/mixology-monday-september-2013-smoke.html
Almost forgot to add my submissions:
Green Hell: https://www.stirandstrain.com/2013/09/15/mixology-monday-green-hell-cocktail/
The Royal Affliction: https://www.stirandstrain.com/2013/09/23/mixology-monday-the-royal-affliction/
And the non-official post on adding Smoke Aroma to cocktails: https://www.stirandstrain.com/2013/09/22/adding-aroma-to-cocktails-smoke-tincture/
Thanks to everyone for joining this month! Round up post will by posted by the end of the week.
Great theme Elana, I just hope I got this to you in time! Cheers!
http://shakestrainandsip.com/2013/09/24/smoked-jack-rabbit/
So Super sorry to be late! I do hope you like it though. I love this theme!
http://ratedrcocktails.com/2013/09/25/the-phantom-of-the-luau/