Infuse the aromatic compounds of a Madagascar vanilla bean into our classic Manhattan adding a delicious smoky flavor reminiscent of a cozy campfire.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Wight’s Old Reserve Bourbon
• 1 oz Antica Formula® or Noilly Prat® sweet vermouth
• 2 dashes Angostura® aromatic bitters
• 5 drops Angostura® orange bitters
• 1 Luxardo® cherry
• 1 Madagascar vanilla bean broken into small pieces

How to craft:

1. Pour all ingredients (except the cherry and vanilla bean) into a mixing glass filled with ice and stir well.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, then pour back into the mixing glass. This leaves a coating on the inside of the glass for the smoke to interact with.
3. Place vanilla bean pieces on a fire-safe surface and ignite using a kitchen torch.
4. Place the cocktail glass over the fire. The flame will slowly go out and begin to emit smoke into the glass.
5. After the glass is filled with smoke for a few seconds, slowly turn it over and strain in the mixture.
6. Garnish with cherry.

Tips:

• Extra vanilla: gently warm a second unburned vanilla bean over a flame but do not allow it to char or ignite. Fan it a few times to cool, then swirl into the finished cocktail and leave in as a garnish.
• Extra smoke: vary the amount of time the smoke infuses with the glass. Start with just a few seconds, then experiment with extending longer to taste. Also try drizzling in the cherry syrup as with our classic Manhattan before smoking, as additional aromatic compounds will infuse.