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Chili Soup

Name: Chili Soup
Ingredients: 2 oz Hirsch The Horizon Straight Bourbon; 0.75 oz Ancho Reyes Verde Poblano; 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Agave Syrup

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By Aishwarya Chitta

Made with a product from a current or former Crafted Pour partner. The creator may have received free product or other incentives from the brand.

Submitted on: February 10, 2024

Refreshing

Bourbon

It turns out whiskey does wonderfully in a margarita-esque setting! Flavor composition: fruit + chili The whiskey is the star of the show here, with its cherry and vanilla notes on the nose. What I explored through this drink were the delicate notes of citrus, stone fruit, and honey on the palate. The Ancho Reyes Verde, with its charred chili flavor, really ties into the fruit in the whiskey. Agave brings in a rounded sweetness. Charring a chili for garnish and then smoking the drink with app...

Ingredients

2 oz
Hirsch The Horizon Straight Bourbon

0.75 oz
Ancho Reyes Verde Poblano

0.5 oz
Fresh Lemon Juice

0.5 oz
Agave Syrup

Instructions

Garnish

Charred chili

Build

Shake & Double Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

Estimated strength

About 21% ABV (estimate)

By Aishwarya Chitta

Mixology enthusiast

It all started when a dear friend gifted me the Drunken Botanist and that was all the push I needed to dive head first into the world of mixology! Being a firm believer in a rock-solid foundation, I completed the BarSmarts program to gain the basic knowledge required to start exploring this world. Having always been very passionate about food and an avid baker, I love to approach cocktails as a chef would- employing interesting techniques and sometimes very whacky ingredients to create libation...

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Add all ingredients to a shaker, fill with ice, and shake until chilled, around 15–20 seconds. Fine strain into a rocks glass over ice. Express a lemon twist and garnish. Add a charred chili to the drink and smoke with applewood. Enjoy!

Editor's Note

Applewood smoke and a charred chili crown a bourbon‑chili sour, marrying heat and citrus in a bold twist.

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Stacy (Crafted Pour)

17 February 2024

This sounds heavenly. Love the smokiness that the apple wood brings to this with the charred chili.

Crafted Pour

13 October 2026

This sounds like a brilliant use of bourbon! The combination of charred chili and applewood smoke sounds incredibly evocative. Do you have a preferred method for smoking the glass at home?