In the hands of a skilled mixologist, a flaming drink can be a floor show in itself. Making and serving such drinks are a ritual, a ceremony in honor of the person who ordered it. But besides that, cocktails that have been kissed with fire are more than the sum of their parts. After the pyrotechnics, the drink is warm and has a certain caramelized flavor that it wouldn't have otherwise.
If your experience with fiery drinks is limited to flaming shots, you are in for a treat. Atlas Obscura takes a good look at several classic flaming cocktail recipes, including Charles Dickens' punch, which is like a boozy lemonade that's been cooked just enough to make it special. Then there's the hot ale flip, which doesn't exactly involve flame, but cooking a drink with a hot poker fresh from the fire is, uh, flamboyant enough. Or consider the show-stopping Blue Blazer, mixed cup to cup while on fire, and the decadent flaming coffee drink café brûlot. Read about all these, plus the real secret behind getting alcohol to stay lit at Atlas Obscura.
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