Gun Metal Blue

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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Alto Coupe 18cl

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 fl oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1⁄2 fl oz Bols Blue Curaçao
3⁄4 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 fl oz Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne liqueur
1⁄3 fl oz Monin Cinnamon Syrup
1⁄12 fl oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (coin sized).

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and float as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Orange, peach and cinnamon delicately flavour this mezcal-based Margarita riff.

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History:

Created in February 2015 by Mike Shain and Nicholas Bennett at Porchlight in New York City. At Porchlight, the original is made with house-made cinnamon syrup infused with gentian root to add a slight bitterness. Instead, I've added a little gentian liqueur to the above recipe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Gun Metal Blue contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 17.04% alc./vol. (34.08° proof)
  • 18.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
25th February at 18:46
It's honestly really great. The mezcal is perfectly accentuated by the cinnamon and peach where the Suze adds just a little more body without making the cocktail bitter. A thing I like about the blue curacao is that it's not too orangey. It's there in the background supporting the other components.

Don't be scared off by any preconceptions you might have about "blue cocktails" - this one is seriously good.
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
21st February at 11:53
It's a little too easy to consign blue drinks to the category 'party time'. This would certainly go down a treat at your next soiree but there is nothing frivolous about it. We can imagine sipping on it late night while listening to Billie Holiday singing plaintively of her blues. We didn't have the peach liqueur so used an apricot liqueur (Merlet) instead.
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Christopher Jameson ’s Avatar Christopher Jameson
8th February at 18:29
Made this before and really liked it, made again and replaced the quantities of the cinnamon syrup with peche de vigne.... 5+*
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Rik de Boer’s Avatar Rik de Boer
29th August 2025 at 08:44
Nice! More serious in flavour than its gimmicky colour suggests.

Added a little Suze, gentian liqueur, which added not only a pleasant bitter dimension, but also changed the colour towards the turquoise/aqua spectrum, as Suze is yellow.
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Lilly Marson’s Avatar Lilly Marson
6th November 2024 at 22:30
This has been basically the only drink I've drunk this year.

It's genuinly made me less interested in trying other drinks because I kmow I can just make this and be delighted.
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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
20th October 2024 at 17:36
As previously noted this is a wolf in disco clothing. However not especially memorable.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
12th October 2023 at 01:04
A hit. Much stronger than it looks. Went perfectly with our spicy dinner. Well balanced with just a hint of smoky.
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Scott Noonan’s Avatar Scott Noonan
28th September 2022 at 08:53
Really recommend peach bitters if you're making this with a cinnamon syrup that isn't infused with gentian. Fantastic.
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Peter Halpern’s Avatar Peter Halpern
21st June 2022 at 00:01
Substituted with:
Komos Anejo Cristalino Tequila
Drillaud Blue Curaçao
Montbisue pêche
Vincenzi Blanco Aperitif lemon & ginger 15ml

No syrup & no water

Just shaken over ice
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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
16th May 2022 at 20:43
Although the cocktail looks like party and candy it is really serious. It needs to be balanced depending on your products.
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
21st February at 11:57
Yes, a good observation. It is certainly serious. I commented separately as well.
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