Name: Scorpion Reef
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Orgeat almond liqueur; 8 drop Chocolate bitters; 5 dash Aromatic bitters

Scorpion Reef
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Glass:

Serve in a Wine glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz	Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk
1 oz	Pineapple juice
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Orgeat almond liqueur
8 drop	Chocolate bitters
5 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a WINE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of five-spice powder.

How to make:

POUR first 6 ingredients into glass and briefly stir.
Two-thirds fill glass with crushed ice and SWIZZLE.
Fill glass with more crushed ice.
FLOAT dashes of aromatic bitters.
CROWN with a mound of crushed ice.

Garnish:

Dust ice crown with five-spice powder.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat almond liqueur - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A delicious modern-day mezcal and rum-laced cocktail that could be a Tiki classic.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Marshall Davis at Gallo Pelón Mezcaleria in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Nutrition:

One serving of Scorpion Reef contains 173 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
17.24% alc./vol. (34.47° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Annechien

26th October at 21:11

Haven’t been this impressed by a new cocktail in quite some time. I really like it! I don’t have orgeat almond liqueur but orgeat syrup seems to work too. I used del maquey vida and hampden 8 years. They play very well together. And the bitters together with the 5-spice, it creates some kind of magic. I will certainly make this again.