Smoke Signals

Ingredients

• 10 tablespoons jack daniel's 
• 4 servings ice cubes 
• 2 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
• 0.5 cup pecans toasted coarsely chopped
• 2 cups hickory wood chips 
• 6 tablespoons amontillado sherry 
• 0.5 cup sugar 

Equipment

• sauce pan
• pot
• plastic wrap
• loaf pan
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Line heavy large pot with heavy-duty foil.
2. Sprinkle wood chips over bottom of pot; cover. Turn exhaust fan on high.
3. Heat pot over high heat until smoke begins to form inside pot. Fill 9 x 4 1/2 x 3-inch metal loaf pan withice.
4. Place in pot; cover tightly. Smoke ice until just melted, about 5 minutes.
5. Remove from heat. Cool slightly. Cover loaf pan tightly with plastic wrap; freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. Using ice pick, cut ice block crosswise into 4 large smoked ice chunks. Wrap tightly in plastic and keep frozen.
6. Bring 1 cup water and sugar to boil inmedium saucepan over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
7. Add pecans; reduce heat to medium and simmer until syrup tastes like pecans, about 12 minutes. Strain; discard pecans. Cover and chill pecan syrup until cold, about 2 hours.
8. Place 5 tablespoons whiskey, 3 tablespoons Sherry, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons pecan syrup in cocktailshaker. Fill with plain ice cubes; cover and shake until cold. Divide mixture between 2 old-fashioned glasses. Repeat with remaining 5 tablespoons whiskey, 3 tablespoons Sherry, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 3 tablespoons pecan syrup, and ice.
9. Place 1 smoked ice chunk in each glass and serve.