SMOKE AND OAKUMS ENGLISH CURACAO 500ML

This liqueur is taken directly from the first cocktail book ever published, How To Mix Drinks, or The Bon-vivant’s Companion. Written by one Jerry Thomas, this book first appeared in 1862 (during the American Civil War) and is an invaluable window on a different age of beverages. Composed of whiskey and orange this ‘curaçao’ has quite a different flavor to that of more common curaçaoes such as Cointreau, Grand Marnier, or more generic ‘triple sec’ liqueurs. There is a defined smokiness, and the citrus is more at the mandarin end of the spectrum than the under-ripe orange.