Name: Spicy Dead Lady
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Aperol (orange-red aperitivo); 22.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 1 Chili tincture (firewater bitters)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Float (dehydrated) lime slice wheel

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico mezcal
3/4 fl oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
3/4 fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Chili tincture (firewater bitters)
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Review:

A very different "Lady" to the White Lady, this is a riff on a Naked & Famous with falernum in place of Yellow Chartreuse. If using a full-flavoured falernum (such as our own Difford's Falernum) then you may not want/need the additional spice added by using chili bitters.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Grant Wheeler when Beverage Director at The Garret in New York City, USA.

Alcohol content:

0.8 standard drinks
13.12% alc./vol. (26.24° proof)
11.8 grams of pure alcohol

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