Name: Plaza Vieja
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Lucano); 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

1 fl oz

Lucano amaro

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of star anise.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

Garnish with star anise floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Plaza Vieja contains 242 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
29.14% alc./vol. (58.28° proof)
29.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 23w

A very nice, but quite boozy-hot cocktail. Primarily a mezcal cocktail, but the fruity notes of cognac, some interesting and bitter complexity from the amaro, and sweetness from the Benedictine are all present and work well together. A very nice sipper.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 1y

New mezcal, different outcome but still stand by my original comment: very grown up drink.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I used 2:1 OP Spanish brandy and Cognac in order for it to stand up to the rest of the ingredients, yet I think I should've gone all in on the OP Spanish brandy. You can tell it's there but it's very soft and quiet behind the loud Mezcal and Lucano. It softens over time but I still think it's a bit too Mezcal forward (at least with the Del Maguey Vida).

Mark Fraioli Premium Member 1y

The amaro matters. I didn’t have any Lucano, so I subbed in Averna. That didn’t work, too syrupy. Then I went out and got myself a bottle of Baulio (Simon mentions that the original Treadway recipe actually called for Braulio, not Lucano). This made a huge difference— not too sweet, plenty of piney “alpine” notes. Definitely a keeper!