Name: Purgatorio
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Bourbon whiskey; 5 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 5 ml Chilled water; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Purgatorio contains 216 calories

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
35.28% alc./vol. (70.56° proof)
30.1 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

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CJ Grant 13w

I had to try this after reading the comments on the cocktail that inspired it. I went with standard strengths for this one - Rittenhouse, Still Autsin, and a blanco Mezcal and this is a more balanced, a bit sweeter, and ever so slightly smoky version of the Purgatory cocktail.

I think it is more approachable, and has very tame spice and a bit of herbal that leans into the Mezcal. I sorta miss the spice but like the Mezcal addition. Maybe the cask-strength rye I used for the original or split rye and Mezcal, skipping the bourbon would be something I could explore for my own preferences.

Jeremy Harrold 23w

It’s a Chartreuse and Benedictine forward drink. I personally needed to tame them by adding a bit more whiskey and mezcal.
An appealing colour, nicely alcoholic but a tad disappointing

William Francis Walsh 23w

To spec, it’s fairly sweet and borders on cloying. I’d boost the mezcal up to .33 oz to make it a touch smokier and reduce the Benedictine to .33 oz to make it less treacly.

Chris Brislawn 25w

Adding just a hint of fire & brimstone in the form of 1 tsp mezcal is a nice riff on Kilgore's Purgatory. Thematically, it seems most appropriate to use the smoky Del Maguey Vida de Muertos.

william dennehy 25w

I am sipping as I type.... It's a tad sweet for me but, having said that it tastes very "hot" and boozy. I do like it. I'm really getting into these "up" cocktails. Thanks for the recipe. I'm going mess with it a bit. The mezcal can overpower everything, though that may be the mezcal I used. Cheers!