The Meadowlark

Kai Parrott-Wolfe, OTB and Post Office Bar | Brooklyn

meadowlark cocktail bartender's choice

“It’s difficult putting smokiness in cocktails, especially if you’re trying to make a refreshing one,” explains Kai Parrott-Wolfe of Brooklyn’s OTB and Post Office Bar. “The flavor is so big [that] it generally doesn’t play that well with others.”

One strategy is to use a light hand, as Parrott-Wolfe does in The Meadowlark, shaking just a half ounce of heavily peated McCarthy’s Single Malt Whiskey from Oregon with an ounce and a half of gin, plus equal parts lime juice and simple syrup. The result: a subtle, refreshing response to the “something smoky” request.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces gin, preferably Dorothy Parker
  • 1 1/2 ounces gin, preferably Dorothy Parker
  • 1/2 ounce McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
  • 1/2 ounce McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce simple syrup (1:1, sugar to water)
  • 3/4 ounce simple syrup (1:1, sugar to water)
  • club soda, to top
  • club soda, to top

Directions
  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir with ice.
  2. Strain into a Collins glass.
  3. Top with club soda.