When The Smoke Cleared

Serve in a Coupe glass...
1½	fl oz	Del Maguey VIDA de San Luis del Rio 100% agave blanco mezcal
½	fl oz	Aperol Aperitivo by Fratelli Barbieri
¼	fl oz	Ginger sugar syrup
¾	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lime juice
¾	fl oz	Fresh pressed pineapple juice

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. (Also works well strainer over ice in an old-fashioned glass.

Garnish:

Crystallised stem ginger

Comment:

Smoky, tangy and complex with layers of flavour, although happily mezcal dominates.

About:

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

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