Name: Great Silence
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Orgeat syrup; 2.5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Great Silence
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
0.08 oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Bittersweet and delicately smoky (perhaps as you'd expect from a cocktail based on mezcal and Italian bitter red liqueur).

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History:

Adapted from a recipe, originally served straight-up in a coupe, created in 2020 by Isaac Shumway at his California Gold bar in San Rafael, California, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Great Silence contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
15.12% alc./vol. (15.12° proof)
14 grams of pure alcohol

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Toby James

18th November 2024 at 23:42

Sometimes I try a new weird guitar pedal and start by turning every knob up to full in pursuit of the lewdest noise available, because sometimes I really just want too much of everything at once.

Calvin Grant

16th February 2024 at 04:16

Oh, this is nice!

Niccolo Murtas

28th November 2023 at 14:35

As bitter, I used the most bitter bitter encountered so far in Europe, namely Gajardo Extra. I decreased by a forth the percentage of the orgeat syrup, and by a third the percentage of lime; The result was the most graceful enhancement to Mescal' (Peloton de la Muerte) proper earthiness and smokiness) encountered so far in a cocktail.

With this just-mentioned goal, this cocktail is possibly the most interesting encountered so far, just wonderful.

G. M. Genovese

18th November 2023 at 23:41

This was good for sure, but its only noteworthy to me because the orgeat and maraschino are so subtle, perhaps perfectly so... Big manzanilla olive essence... Anyone else?