The Walk-Through

Smoky mezcal with rosemary & grapefruit — the floor walk in a glass

Observational leadership: listening, noticing, walking the room before deciding

Why this cocktail? Paul leads by walking floors and noticing. This smoky, sharp mezcal is observation as strategy.

The Story

Before Paul Miller makes a decision, he walks the floor. Not to be seen walking — to see. What are exhibitors saying? Where are buyers clustering? What's working and what's failing? The data is physical. This smoky mezcal with rosemary and grapefruit captures that discipline: smoke for the complexity of what you notice, rosemary for the sharpness of attention, and grapefruit for the clarity that comes when you trust your eyes over the dashboard.

Ingredients

• 2 oz mezcal
• 1 oz grapefruit juice
• 0.5 oz agave
• Rosemary sprig
• Grapefruit peel
• Smoked salt

Preparation

1. 1.Rim glass with smoked salt.
2. 2.Shake mezcal, grapefruit, and agave with ice.
3. 3.Strain over a large ice cube.
4. 4.Garnish with charred rosemary and grapefruit peel.

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