Anthony Caporale's Super Bowl Cocktails

The combination of smoke and sweet is at the heart of all good barbecue, and no place knows that better than Kansas City. For San Francisco, the flavors of Fisherman's Wharf are a perfect complement to a versatile beer classic. Raise a glass for the Chiefs or 49ers with MVP-worthy mixology.

Recipe

Missouri Bourbon Barbecue Old Fashioned

Ingredients

• 1 star anise
• 2 ounces bourbon whiskey (preferably Missouri bourbon)
• 1/2 ounces honey simple syrup (equal parts honey and water)
• 2 dashes cocktail bitters

Directions

1. On a fireproof surface, ignite a whole dried star anise fruit.
2. Carefully cover with an inverted rocks glass to extinguish and let smoke.
3. In a mixing glass half-filled with ice, add the bourbon and simple syrup.
4. Stir thoroughly to chill and dilute.
5. Remove rocks glass from star anise and fill with fresh ice.
6. Strain drink into smoked rocks glass, top with bitters.

San Francisco Seafood Michelada

Ingredients

• 12 ounces beer (preferably Anchor Steam)
• 2 ounces tomato juice
• 1/2 ounce clam juice
• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 2 dashes Tabasco
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
• 1 shrimp, poached

Directions

1. In a pint glass, add beer, tomato juice, clam juice, lime juice, Tabasco, sauce and seasoning.
2. Stir gently to mix, add ice to top.
3. Garnish with a poached shrimp.

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