Snowbird

Name: Snowbird
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 50 ml Pineapple juice; 22.5 ml Cream of coconut; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 5 ml Triple sec; 1&frasl;4 barspoon Xanthan gum (E415)

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Pineapple juice
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cream of coconut (e.g. Coco Lopez, Re'al etc.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₄ barspoon	Xanthan gum (E415)

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

Method

DRY BLEND (without ice) first 5 ingredients on slow setting and then gradually add Xanthan gum while continuing to blend.
Add one-and-a-half 7oz scoops of crushed ice and BLEND some more.
POUR into chilled glass.

Garnish

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.
Serve with a straw.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

16.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2023 by Danielle (Dani) Crouch and Allan Katz at their Jammyland bar in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Review

A mezcal-based riff on the Painkiller that's balanced rather than sweet.

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$42.99 $2.61 per cocktail

Reàl Coco Cream of Coconut 500ml - makes 22 cocktails
$6.99 $0.32 per cocktail Reàl Coco Cream of Coconut image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 75 cocktails
$21.99 $0.29 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

$3.22 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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