Name: Mexican El Diablo
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Ginger beer

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican El Diablo contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
11.3% alc./vol. (22.6° proof)
17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Loz Horner 5w

Perfectly decent but didn’t blow our socks off. A smoky ginger Ribena. Not that we’re complaining. It was refreshing and went down fairly quickly.

Marie-Laure ECHASSERIEAU 13w

As a mezcal lover, I would recommend this. I was happily surprised buy the flavours.

Matt Premium Member 19w

An unexpected flavor combo - if you like mezcal and are looking to push the envelope this is something you should try. Mezcal is the dominant flavor here, with the creme de cassis in a supporting background role. The lime juice gives some brightness without really impacting flavor, and the ginger flavor notes complement the mezcal and cassis (IMO).

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 26w

I replaced a third of the mezcal with tequila and that was perfect for me. It's honestly not super complex but the cassis works very well with the ginger and mezcal. I can imagine how this would be perfect for a summer party as a more daring welcome drink.

Ruth Harvey 1y

I made this according to the recipe and thought the amount of ginger beer was perfect. I was definitely looking for the mezcal to shine though - the ginger beer was the supporting act!

Robert Holen 1y

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.

Albert Markiewicz 1y

I used exactly the same Mezcal, and also the same ginger beer. Even though I measured all the ingredients, I eyeballed the ginger beer. Ended up using around 100 ml so around 3 and 1/3 ounce. It turned out delicious, however the colour wasn't very appetising