Heisenberg Cocktail

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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Patrón Añejo tequila
1⁄2 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1⁄3 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2⁄3 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Lavender Syrup
1⁄4 oz Bols Blue Curaçao
1⁄6 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
× 1 1 serving
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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.)

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.

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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 190 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 18.96% alc./vol. (18.96° proof)
  • 19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
13th February at 05:34
Such a fun Margarita. But with all of that liqueur and syrup we lift the lime juice to 25ml, sometimes to 30ml. It's a sour, yes?
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