Name: For Mezcalicus Sake
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Sake; 15 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Rosolio Bergamotto; 4 drop Margarita Bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Italicus liqueur

4 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters

3 drop

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

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist expressed and used as garnish (affix to rim rather than float to ensure lime doesn't overpower this delicate cocktail..

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lime zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish. (Affix to rim rather than float to ensure lime doesn't overpower this delicate cocktail.)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of For Mezcalicus Sake contains 115 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
17.52% alc./vol. (35.03° proof)
14.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Matt Premium Member 20w

Like smoky water - very clean on the palate, but with prominent smokiness (not overwhelming, but it is dominating). Sake is present in the distant background, and Italicus is not notable. I think that maybe 10-15ml of triple sec (e.g. Dry Curacao) would be a nice substitute - boosting the citrus. Maybe also using lime bitters in place of margarita.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

The sake I had on hand was not very acidic so I decided to add three drops of lime juice. That honestly transformed the cocktail so much. It never became sour obviously but it tempered the mezcal a bit and brought forward the sake, and especially the floral components in the sake. If you have a non-acidic sake I wholeheartedly recommends adding just a couple of drops of lemon or lime.

Overall it's an incredibly well balanced cocktail. You get the sake, mezcal and Italicus in the back. You even get the lavender and bitterness on the finish from the bitters. Wonderful!

Mladen Vukmir Premium Member 36w

My sake was on a fuller, sweeter side, and I wish I had read your comment before…It was a wonderful concoction anyway

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Proof positive that the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. Goes for everything in life.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

We keep coming back to this, for its masterful subtlety and balance. A gentle Brie and Prosciutto are lovely accompaniments for us.

Steven Jepson Premium Member 1y

I think this is one of those drinks where one ingredient can make or break - In this case the Mezcal. Its only a half shot but it can overpower. I used an artisanal Siete Misterios which is smooth and not as smoky as some and it was perfect (for me).
Rather than the Italicus I used a Bergamot liqueur and ended up with something on my go back to list.