Expert techniques, recipes, and insights from the makers of the SmokeTop® cocktail smoker. Bartender-designed methods, wood pairing, and the technique behind every drink.
What separates a whiskey smoker kit you will use from one that collects dust: build material, airflow design, wood chip variety, screens, and what to spend.
Bartenders are calling exaggerated smoke a gimmick, and in a lot of bars they are right. Here is the aroma-first standard and five tests that separate theater from technique.
The Original, Patented SmokeTop, Made in the USA The SmokeTop® is a compact whiskey smoker that sits on the rim of the glass, with no smoke gun, dome or hoses...
Yes. At a wedding or event bar the pace is set by how fast drinks are built and how many bartenders are working, not by the smoker. How to choose a cocktail smoker for events and set up the bar for 100+ guests.
A smoky paloma built the right way: smoke the tequila, lime, and ice first, then top with grapefruit soda. Applewood pairing, tequila picks, and spicy, mezcal, and fresh-juice variations.
A Bourbon Gift They Will Use: The SmokeTop Cherry Bundle The SmokeTop® is a cocktail smoker that sits on the rim of a glass and adds real wood smoke to a pour...
How to smoke bourbon at home, neat or in three classic cocktails, with the wood chip pairings that suit bourbon and answers to the questions that come up most.
An Old Fashioned sweetened with real maple syrup and finished with maple wood smoke. Two sources of maple from completely different directions, meeting in the same glass.
Chimney toppers, smoking guns, smoke boxes, torched boards, and domes all make smoke. Where each one makes it, what it touches, and which type earns a spot on a home bar.
A smoked whiskey sour uses the foam cap as a smoke delivery layer. Full recipe with egg white or aquafaba, bourbon picks, hickory and oak pairings, and a non-foam version.
Top-of-glass cocktail smoker or electric smoking gun? A side-by-side look at speed, smoke quality, presentation, versatility, cost, and maintenance.
A smoked espresso martini uses the crema foam to hold cherry or oak wood smoke. Full recipe, three variations including a hojicha riff, chip pairings, and common mistakes.
