This is a recipe for a White Lyan classic; once you rest the drink in a beeswax-lined bottle, you end up with a smoky, yet completely smooth and velvety Old-Fashioned . Keep the bottle in the fridge and pour the drink straight over ice.
For more on wax-washing cocktails, see Science Your Way to a Texturally Complex Cocktail .
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Beeswax Old Fashioned
from Punch (http://punchdrink.com)
Ingredients
Servings: 10
17 ounces lightly peated Scotch
17 ounces lightly peated Scotch
2 3/4 ounces rich simple syrup (2:1, sugar:water)
2 3/4 ounces rich simple syrup (2:1, sugar:water)
1/4 ounce honey
1/4 ounce honey
2 ounces water
2 ounces water
18 dashes Angostura bitters
18 dashes Angostura bitters
12 dashes Peychaud's bitters
12 dashes Peychaud's bitters
Directions
Line an empty 750ml or similar sized bottle with beeswax (see "wax-infusions at home" ).
Combine all ingredients in the bottle and allow them to sit at room temperature for 1 to 2 weeks.
Serve the drink straight from the bottle over an ice cube in a rocks glass.