National Mezcal Day is Saturday, October 21, and this smoky agave spirit is perfect to take your cocktail menus into the fall. Plus, mezcal is a great spirit to introduce your tequila-loving guests to who may be looking to try something different.
We've collected a number of mezcal recipes to add to your cocktail menus!
Mezcaloma
Ingredients:
2 oz Dos Hombres Mezcal
Grapefruit soda
.25 oz Agave Syrup
.5 oz Lime Juice
Directions:
Add Mezcal, Agave, and Lime Juice to your shaker and vigorously shake. Pour into a rocks glass and fill with Grapefruit Soda. Garnish with a dehydrated grapefruit slice.
Invierno Ilegal
Ingredients:
2 oz Cinnamon-infused Ilegal Reposado
¾ oz Guava syrup
¾ oz Fresh lime
Directions:
For the cinnamon-infused reposado, add 2 sticks of Mexican cinnamon to one 750ml bottle of Ilegal Mezcal Reposado and let sit for 6 hours. For the guava syrup, add 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of guava juice. Bring to a boil and boil until sugar is dissolved. Let cool. For the cocktail, add all ingredients to a shaker and shake vigorously until chilled and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with grated cinnamon.
Legacy
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Mezcal Montelobos
¾ oz Ancho Verde liqueur
¾ oz spice syrup
¾ oz fresh lime juice
½ oz egg white
Directions:
Pour all ingredients in the shaker with ice and shake thoroughly. Pour into a half black salt and dried lime rimmed rocks glass with ice cubes. Garnish with dried lime, place inside a smoking box, and serve.
Desolas Sol
Ingredients:
1.5oz Desolas
0.25oz Campari
0.25oz Lemon juice
1 oz Tangerine juice
0.25oz Agave nectar
Top of tonic water
Directions:
Combine Desolas Mezcal with fresh tangerine juice, a touch of Campari, lime juice and agave, and top with premium tonic water.
Salt n Pepa
Ingredients:
2 oz Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
1 oz Red Bell Pepper Agave
.5oz Tomatillo Juice
.75 oz Lime Juice
1 slice fresno chile
Citrus salt
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and add ice. Shake aggressively and double strain into citrus-salt rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with rosemary spiked through a fresno slice.
Mezcal Orange Sour
Ingredients:
2 oz. Mezcal
1 tsp. The Perfect Purée Orange Zest, thawed
1 oz. fresh lime juice
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 egg white
Rosemary sprig
Directions:
In a shaker without ice, combine Mezcal, lime juice, orange zest, and egg white. Shake for 7-10 seconds. Add ice and shake for 30 seconds. Strain and serve in a chilled glass. Garnish with Angostura bitters and rosemary sprig.
Norista Zero
Ingredients:
2 oz Cut Above Mezcal or Agave Blanco
1 oz Organic Lime Juice
.75 oz 1:1 Agave Syrup (Combine equal parts water and Organic Agave Nectar)
1 Orange Peel
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker along with swath of orange peel. Shaking the drink with the orange peel incorporates the oils and bitterness of the peel into the drink. Strain into a salt rimmed glass and garnish with a lime wheel.
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