Ol’ Poet’s Smoke

Jessie Duré, Chumley's | New York

The Ol’ Poet’s Smoke—a mix of Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve, honey, lemon and Amaro Montenegro—is one of several drink’s in the Scotch highballs section of the cocktail menu at the revamp of Chumley’s. According to critic Robert Simonson, “It’s what a Penicillin cocktail would be if it was a highball.”

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces Glenlivet Founder's Reserve
  • 2 ounces Glenlivet Founder's Reserve
  • 1/2 ounce Amaro Montenegro
  • 1/2 ounce Amaro Montenegro
  • 3/4 ounce lemon
  • 3/4 ounce lemon
  • 1/2 ounce honey syrup, (2:1, honey:water)
  • 1/2 ounce honey syrup, (2:1, honey:water)
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters
  • soda water, to top
  • soda water, to top

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a highball glass.
  2. Add ice, and top with soda.