Don’t let fear of the unknown keep you from trying the Superstition cocktail at Dusk, the new bar at Chattanooga’s Bode hotel.
The drink boasts a unique flavor combination of rosemary, mezcal and jalapeno brightened with lime and agave syrup to make it fit for summer.
“Even though it is boozy, smoky and spicy, I wanted people to be able to come back for more and order multiple of them if they wanted to,” says Evelyn Mostrom, food and beverage manager at Bode and the drink’s creator. “The rosemary smoke smells one way and tastes another, but it’s all very cohesive.”
Plus, it just looks really cool.
“I joke that it’s our emo margarita, because it has activated charcoal in it, and it’s rimmed with black lava salt so it’s dark, it’s striking,” she says of the drink, which also involves an eye-catching process of smoking the glass with rosemary. “People sit at the bar, and they’re like, ‘Whoa, what is that?'”