Food

BEAUTIFUL FLAMING COCKTAILS = BEAUTIFUL ENERGY NOW

by Jeremy Brooks. “Hot Totsy.”

Beautiful cocktails can serve up beautiful energy to warm up your mood -- especially when they are on fire!

New York City based food & drink writer and bartender Dan Q. Dao conducted an extensive survey of flaming drinks served up at a number of creative bars across the US. We are featuring a few of our favorites below. Plus a mind-blowing “Flaming Lamborghini!”

Courtesy of Faith & Flower. “Darwin Pornel’s Anise Monk.”

ANISE MONK -- FAITH & FLOWER

Faith & Flower, a contemporary Los Angeles restaurant located in the WaterMarke Tower in DTLA’s South Park district, has a cocktail program that celebrates the drinking cultures of Gilded Age & Roaring Twenties. They specialize in the Russian “pyro” style of igniting, capturing and inhaling the fumes from absinthe.

Faith & Flower bartender “Darwin Pornel’s Anise Monk,” sets a mix of absinthe, Pernod, Frangelico, cinnamon, cream, and mint ablaze, as just one of their many pyro cocktail offerings.

Courtesy of Beelman’s Pub. “Tiki Torch.”

TIKI TORCH -- BEELMAN’S PUB

The “Tiki Torch” cocktail at Beelman’s Pub, in Los Angeles, flames a blend of Campari and overproof rum by topping it with a cinnamon-dusted lime wedge that is set on fire. Fireworks happen right before your eyes, as well as on your tongue!

Courtesy of Death & Co. “Golden Fang.”

GOLDEN FANG --DEATH & CO

Tyson Buhler, the flame-loving bartender at Death & Co, a New York contemporary craft cocktail institution, created the flaming “Golden Fang.”

To make it, he builds a fire with 2 types of gin (Perry’s Tot and St. George Dry Rye Gin), lime and orange juices, then adds ginger, passion fruit, and vanilla syrups, and cardamom bitters.

He pours it into a tiki vessel, tops it with an orchid, then sprinkles it with cinnamon, which he ignites to produce a spicy, toasted aroma.

by Charlie Gliwa. “Root Beer Mint Julep.” Courtesy of Grey Lady.

ROOT BEER MINT JULEP -- GREY LADY

One way to use fire to a delicious end is to flame-toast a marshmallow. Grey Lady, a New England–style oyster and cocktail bar in New York City, does just that to top its “Root Beer Mint Julep.”

Made with Galliano, crème de noyaux, crème de menthe, and root beer bitters, the cocktail is hit with a mini blowtorch upon serving.

SOCIAL BANDIT -- ANNEX AT GREENRIVER

Mixologist Julia Momose, of Annex at Greenriver, in Chicago, concocts the “Social Bandit” with rum, tequila, mezcal, Mistelle de Framboise, vanilla, and smoked black peppercorn. She then sprays it with absinthe and lights it up! What a beautiful way to get lit!

See more of Dan Q. Dao’s Flaming Cocktails survey here.

by johndonnaeec8538. “Flaming Lamborghini.” Courtesy of Liquor.com.

FLAMING LAMBORGHINI

A fired-up cocktail, named after a fired-up car, the “Flaming Lamborghini” is a spectacle to behold and a pyromaniac’s dream to experience. It’s a racy mix of Sambuca, Blue Curaçao, Irish Cream, and coffee liqueur and pours it over a stack of cocktail glasses while igniting the flow.

Courtesy of Tipsy Bartender. “The Flaming Lamborghini.”

Sip at your own risk from the flaming cascade. Like its auto namesake, it’s an over-the-top thrill!

Watch the Flaming Lamborghini in action in this cool (or rather “hot”) Hot Bartenders LA video.

Courtesy of Tipsy Bartender. “The Flaming Lamborghini.”

Read more about Beautiful Energy in The Most Beautiful Energy From The Sun Now and The Most Beautiful Nature of Energy Now.

And check out more beautiful things happening now in BN Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact Daily Fix posts.

by Nik Frey. “Flaming Cocktails.”

Want more stories like this? Sign up for our weekly BN Newsletter, Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr. Join our BeautifulNow Community and connect with the most beautiful things happening in the world right now!

Do you have amazing photos? Enter them in this week’s BN Photo Competition. We run new creative competitions every week! Now, it’s even easier to enter with the new BeautifulNow App!

Plus check out the rest of our App’s beautiful features. It’s free to download here.

by Twentyfour Students. “Flaming Liquid-Vin.”

IMAGE CREDITS:

Image: by Jeremy Brooks. “Hot Totsy.”
Image: Courtesy of Faith & Flower. “Darwin Pornel’s Anise Monk.”
Image: Courtesy of Beelman’s Pub. “Tiki Torch.”
Image: Courtesy of Death & Co. “Golden Fang.”
Image: by Charlie Gliwa. “Root Beer Mint Julep.” Courtesy of Grey Lady.
Image: by Kailley Lindman. “Social Bandit.” Courtesy of Annex at Greenriver.
Image: by johndonnaeec8538. “Flaming Lamborghini.” Courtesy of Liquor.com.
Image: Courtesy of Tipsy Bartender. “The Flaming Lamborghini.”
Image: Courtesy of Kelly Tate, of From Classroom to Highrise. “Flaming Lamborghini.”
Image: by Nik Frey. “Flaming Cocktails.”
Image: by BN App - Download now!
Image: by Twentyfour Students. “Flaming Liquid-Vin.”