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Mexican Monk

Name: Mexican Monk
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Reposado tequila; 15 ml Amontillado sherry; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Coffee liqueur

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican Monk contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.02% alc./vol. (56.04° proof)
25.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created by Eric Alperin at his bar, Varnish in Los Angeles, USA.

More cocktails by Eric Alperin

Review

A dry and boozy tequila-laced aperitivo/digestivo.

Patron Reposado Tequila 375ml - makes 6 cocktails
$26.99 $4.50 per cocktail Patron Reposado Tequila image

Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$17.99 $0.36 per cocktail

Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$37.99 $0.38 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Galliano Espresso 700ml - makes 93 cocktails
$17.99 $0.19 per cocktail Galliano Espresso image

$5.43 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 6 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Mookie Premium Member 19w

I bet this drink changes a lot depending on the coffee liqueur - I used St George, which is quite dry and serves this drink nicely for my palate

Alex Grieb 2y

This has become one of my all-time favourite drinks. The coffee liquer brings out very pleasant nutty notes in the tequila and the sherry. The agave and the acidity of the fortified wine give the cocktail some much needed freshness to balance the floral honey notes and warm spice notes of the coffee liquer.

JAY HURON 3y

I used Kahlua instead of Galiano. (probably would have tried Mr. Black if I'd had some) But this is a very tequila-forward cocktail, which is surprising, as the other sherry cocktails I've tried are generally sherry-forward.
I'd say it's like you finished Tequila in a sherry cask. Probably would have a bit more coffee notes if I used Mr. Black.

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