Name: Mexican 55
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; Top up with Brut sparkling wine

Mexican 55
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with champagne.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Suitably hard, yet surprisingly refreshing and sophisticated.

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Variant:

Orange bitters instead of Angostura, as discovered in 2008 at the Experimental Cocktail Club, Paris.

History:

An adaptation of the classic French 75 created in 1988 at La Perla, Paris, France. The name is said to come from Fidel Castro's statement, "Bullets come by vintages, like wine, especially Latin American bullets. Mexican '55 is a good year, '52 not so good."

More information on the history and variants of the French 75 can be found on our page.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican 55 contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
14.83% alc./vol. (14.83° proof)
13.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Jill Ghosh

20th August 2022 at 21:52

This was delicious and refreshing on a warm day! Our variation...lime instead of lemon (just didn't have lemons), served neat in large coupe. This would be good on rocks as well.

John Hinojos

24th August 2021 at 01:23

Very refreshing. Great mixture of flavours. Worked perfect with Mexican food.

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