Heisenberg Cocktail

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Discerning Drinkers (25 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime juice and blue-coloured salt rim

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. (Most appropriately served in a science beaker.)

Ingredients:
1 1/3 fl oz Patrón Añejo tequila
1/2 fl oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico mezcal
1/3 fl oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2/3 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz Lavender sugar syrup
1/4 fl oz Blue curaçao liqueur
1/6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

Like a suitably complex chemistry experiment, this Margarita-like cocktail has seven ingredients with mezcal adding smoky notes to tequila and a trio of liqueurs balancing lime sourness.

History:

Adapted from a drink created in September 2013 at Mark's Bar, Soho, London to celebrate the last episode of Breaking Bad inspired by the show's blue crystal meth.

Nutrition:

One serving of Heisenberg Cocktail contains 210 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 18.96% alc./vol. (37.92° proof)
  • 19.9 grams of pure alcohol
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The author of that seminal work, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Augustus Embury was born on this day in 1886 in Pine Woods, upstate New York. He

Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night Cocktails image

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Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

National Nacho Day image

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National Harvey Wallbanger Day image

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Of all the cocktails to have its very own day, the Harvey Wallbanger is probably the most surprising. But, yes, Harvey Wallbanger Day is a thing in American.

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