Name: Mexican Nail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 30 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 5 ml Peated malt whisky; 4 drop Chocolate bitters; 10 ml Chilled water

Mexican Nail
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1 oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
¹⁄₆ oz	Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
4 drop	Chocolate bitters
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Complex with obvious peated whisky and tequila notes, made more interesting with subtle spice and chocolaty notes.

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History:

Created in 2010 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican Nail contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
28.22% alc./vol. (28.22° proof)
25.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

13th February at 19:32

It's actually one of the better Nail riffs. The tequila and peated scotch combo is genius. It takes the agave and peppery notes from the tequila in a completely different direction than Mezcal would. The chocolate bitters aren't really present on the palate as "chocolate" but I think they help the scotch and tequila go together. Sweet, obviously, like all Nail cocktails tend to be, but not too sweet. Dilution is absolutely key.