SmOKED PEACH BOURBON

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: 

• 1 peach
• Pig & Nut Premium Wood Chips 

We recommend Pignut Hickory or Cherry 

• Cocktail Smoker 
• 2 oz Bourbon Whisky
• 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 1 sprig of fresh thyme
• 2 oz non-alcoholic spicy ginger beer
• 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
• 1 oz soda water 

OPTIONAL GARNISH

• Grilled peach slices
• Sprig of fresh thyme 

DIRECTIONS: 

1. Start by firing up your grill and setting it to high heat. Grilling the peaches not only leaves delicious grill marks and a beautiful char on the fruit, it softens the peaches perfectly so they’re able to break down in the cocktail shaker. That said, if you don’t have access to a grill, set your oven to broil.
2. While the grill / oven comes up to temperature, wash and halve a fresh peach, removing the pit. Coat fresh with a thin layer of 100% pure Canadian maple syrup and set aside.
3. Add peach halves to a clean, hot, freshly oiled grill. Allow to cook for 5 minutes, or until a light char appears on fruit. 
4. Remove peach halves from the grill and turn the grill off. Set aside to cool while you prepare the cocktail shaker.
5. Build your Smoked Peach Maple Bourbon Cocktail in a cocktail shaker by adding 8 ice cubes along with a grilled peach halve, sprig of fresh thyme, bitters and bourbon. Shake vicariously, until the cocktail shaker becomes cold and the peach is thoroughly broken down.
6. Add 5 – 6 fresh ice cubes to a cocktail glass. Strain shaker contents overtop. It will take some effort to get most of the peach flesh out of the strainer, so keep shaking until your cocktail glass is more than half full. 
7. Top with dry ginger beer, fresh lemon juice and soda water. Stir to combine.
8. Garnish your Smoked Peach Maple Bourbon with a grilled peach segment and a sprig of fresh thyme (optional). 
9. Smoke your cocktail with your choice of  Pig & Nut premium smoke chips using the wood topper or smoke chamber. We encourage you to experiment here with our different types of Pig & Nut premium smoke chips to find your flavor profile preference.You cannot go wrong with our classic Pignut Hickory or our Cherry wood. 
10. Serve immediately and enjoy!