Name: Mezcal Manzanilla Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Manzanilla sherry; 15 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Agave syrup; 6 drop Margarita Bitters

Mezcal Manzanilla Margarita
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Agave syrup
6 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
RIM glass with Tajín seasoning (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and drip into Tajín).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into pre-prepared glass filled with ice.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Manzanilla sherry contributes dry, delicate, minerally salty notes to this mezcal-forward aperitivo. If you don't have Difford's Margarita Bitters (shame on you!), then instead, this dry sherry-influenced Margarita benefits from a few drops of saline solution.

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AKA: 50/50 Margarita

Variant:

50/50 Margarita

History:

Adapted from a recipe, originally named the "50/50 Margarita" created circa 2020 by Natasha Bermúdez, Head Bartender at Llama San in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mezcal Manzanilla Margarita contains 148 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.19% alc./vol. (16.19° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

20th May at 18:28

I like Mezcal, sherry and I like Margharitas so as soon as I had a bottle of Manzanilla sherry open I had to try this. In many ways I really like it, but I'm left with the feeling to try the cocktail completely without Mezcal just to understand all the other components. The Mezcal is very front and heavy which kind of overshadows everything on the front and mid palate. On the finish it's like all other components come rushing in to show what they've got - Cointreau, sherry, Margarita bitters all blend together beautifully in an orange creamsicle kind of way. The bitters absolutely shine on the end with their floral components but it's a shame I didn't quite get them earlier. Next time I'll probably try 2:1 blanco tequila and Mezcal just to see how it affects everything because I'd absolutely adore if I got more of that floral orange creamsicle.

Ruth Harvey

19th January at 15:35

MMMmmmm!

Matt Excell

7th February 2024 at 19:20

Should be called "Carmen Margarita" imo. She sings about Manzanilla throughout the opera and the Mezcal is a perfect smoky allegory for the cigarette factory.

Jakub Piechowicz

16th April 2023 at 19:02

Much better with grapefruit bitters.

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