Name: When The Smoke Cleared
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 7.5 ml Ginger syrup; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 22.5 ml Pineapple juice; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

When The Smoke Cleared
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Ginger Syrup
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Pineapple juice
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Smoky, tangy and complex with layers of flavour, although happily mezcal dominates. (This cocktail also works well strained over ice in an old-fashioned glass.)

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Stephen Wicker at the Raleigh Bar in Miami Beach, Florida. Stephen's original recipe calls for twice as much ginger syrup, but the ginger syrup he uses is housemade with a 1:1 concentration.

Nutrition:

One serving of When The Smoke Cleared contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
13.43% alc./vol. (13.43° proof)
15.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Mika Perkiömäki

19th January at 12:48

This was one of the best cocktails I have ever made or otherwise tasted. What still puzzles me is how I could not detect the pineapple when in every other drink that has pineapple juice its presence is clear. Not being a big fan of pineapple juice this was a pleasant surprise. And a mystery :D
Thanks again, Simon!

maya foster

27th June 2024 at 01:53

Bright. Refreshing. The smoke is of course interesting. I used bottled pineapple, but I think fresh pineapple (as suggested) would kick it over the top.

Matt Eschbach

2nd February 2024 at 05:10

Beautifully complex. I had to sub 1/3oz campari, and 1/3oz ginger liquor, and I did 1oz canned pineapple juice as mine wasn't very flavorful. I'm shocked how well everything works together.

Rick Pilling

15th November 2023 at 04:25

I had to adjust the recipe, but i love the basis for this drink! My palette seems to be particularly sensitive to sours (I typically reduce the lemon or lime component by half). If you have similar tastes, try:
1.5 oz mezcal
.66 oz Aperol
.5 oz. ginger syrup
.25 oz. lime
.5 oz. pineapple juice
.25 oz. pisco (I find it a fantastic substitute for saline)
Any way you cut it: Carsten hit the nail on the head--this drink has everything!

Ian Fenton

17th December 2023 at 11:00

I served it over ice and I think it needed the full volume of lime juice. Might be too sour for me served straight up.

Lovely drink though.

James Buckman

23rd April 2023 at 07:44

I didn't have any ginger syrup so I used ginger liqueur. It didn't seem to hurt. Nice drink.

Morten Carlsbaek

6th August 2022 at 17:04

I prefer this cocktail with more pineapple juice and more aperol, even though I like mezcal. May I suggest:
50 ml mezcal
35 ml pineapple juice
30 ml aperol
25 ml lime juice
1 cm2, 1 mm thick slice ginger cut into very small cubes
1/2 pitch salt
Love this cocktail that way.

Justin Hanners

15th July 2022 at 02:41

This is a great cocktail and agree with Nicola ... Mexican Jungle Bird ... strange and delicious. Don't forget the salt, that really brings it home. I also made it more of a marg style with added mezcal and over rocks. The added mezcal was to account for any dilution from the ice. Otherwise followed the recipe. This might not be for everyone. The mezcal and Aperol both have a funky flavor but combined it all really comes together.