Mexican El Diablo

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (40 ratings)

Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Highball

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
12 oz Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
34 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Mezcal's assertive flavours stand up well, indeed sit in harmony with richly flavoured blackcurrant liqueur, lime juice and fiery ginger beer.

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History:

The original name for Trader Vic's tequila-based El Diablo. As fellow Discerning Drinker, Erik Maloney suggests, more appropriate names would perhaps be Smoky Devil, Diablo Ahumado, or Diablo Humeante.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican El Diablo contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 11.22% alc./vol. (11.22° proof)
  • 16 grams of pure alcohol

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Robert Holen’s Avatar Robert Holen
30th January at 16:57
I've only tried one Mezcal so far: Del Maguey Vida de Muertos Mezcal Artesanal. I don't know if that one is very potent compared to others, but it completely overpowered Fever-Tree's ginger beer, which is amongst the strongest flavoured ones you can get..
An extra 2 cl of ginger beer made a better balance in my case.