Drinkers? Smoker? Want a NICOTINI?

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sns-othernews-nicotin,0,1211862.story?coll=stam-main-utility

Forget the cosmopolitan Set aside the mojito. A new drink has emerged on trendy Las Olas Boulevard since restaurants were forced to ban smoking -- the nicotini.

These tobacco-spiked martinis are being served up for die-hard smokers who don't want to leave their barstools and go outside to light up.

Soak tobacco leaves in vodka overnight, deaden the juice's harshness by adding a couple other liquors, and voilà, the nicotini of Las Olas.

He serves his nicotinis chilled and offers several varieties. Prices range from $3 for a shot to $5.50 for a full cocktail.

"It tastes like a cross between vodka and chewing tobacco," said Fort Lauderdale resident Jonathan Cook after trying his first nicotini. "That's not necessarily a bad thing."

(and looks like you might have spilled one on the underpants, there, sir... :-)

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I smoke, and rather heavily, I might add, but nothing is raunchier than the taste of chew.

There is nothing about that that sounds appealing.

I smoke and I think I'd just have to get up and step outside. I've chewed tobacco before and I find it pleasant as a once in a while kind of thing, but don't swallow the juice. It'll make you :puke:

But I can smoke (unfortuneately)all day.

Ummmmm walk around the block for crying out loud.

Taking bets: How long before Absolut comes out with tobacco vodka?

Envision your own graphic.

Why vodka? Why not Bourbon or Scotch (hell that couldn't taste any worse and I suspect anyone who sould drive that would drink anything anyway). Glad I snuck that in there without anyone noticing.

:scared:

More seriously, you know you can use just about anything to add the bitter flavor essential to beer