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

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Monin Ginger Syrup

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Pineapple juice

2 drop

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

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of When The Smoke Cleared contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
13.43% alc./vol. (26.85° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Brent Seeliger Premium Member 10w

Excellent mezcal showcase, exactly how I want it to be tamed. Smoky and medicinal throughout...juicy citrus comes in large mid-palate, ginger tussles with Del Meguey throughout the long finish. Little bit of dry pucker, pleasing orange sherbet appearance in glass.

Chris Dimal 21w

Nice, fruity and delicious. Could sit on the fence of 5* and 4.5*. Used Del Maguey Chichicapa which added even more layers of flavour, from savouriness and smokiness to sweetness and minerality.

Jack Gordon 21w

My new favourite way to drink mezcal, a real surprise hit. The pineapple tames the bitter aperitivo, which in turn takes the edge off the smoky mezcal. Couldn’t believe how much of the minerality and earthiness of the mezcal still shone through under the high notes of ginger and Aperol. Tasty!

Loz Horner 21w

Very good. Didn’t have any ginger syrup so used some kings ginger and a little simple syrup. Fruity and smokey and refreshing all at once.

Doug Bain Premium Member 27w

Quite tasty. This assortment of ingredients has the effect of bringing out the flavor of the mezcal rather than masking it.

Chris Brislawn 48w

Well-balanced; agree that 1/4 oz is enough with thick, bottled ginger syrup. The Aperol ties everything together nicely. And this drink provides yet another use for our jar of candied ginger, which I'm trying to use while it's still soft enough to pierce with a cocktail sword. Distinct and tasty.

Ruth Harvey 1y

No ginger syrup to be had.....did a ginger beer float instead. Dancing around the kitchen now...just saying!

Mika Perkiömäki 1y

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 2y

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 2y

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.