Garnish:
None
How to make:
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over a chunk of block ice). FLOAT mezcal on surface of drink.
| 1 fl oz | Patrón Añejo tequila |
| 3/4 fl oz | Cherry Heering cherry brandy liqueur |
| 3/4 fl oz | Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Del Maguey Vida Clásico mezcal |
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Review:
Beautifully balanced bitter-sweetness with tequila and mezcal sitting harmoniously with cherry and aperitivo liqueurs, with lemon freshness. A perfect aperitivo cocktail.
History:
The colour of the moon during an eclipse inspired the name of this rusty-orange-red cocktail.
In Jim Meehan & Chris Gall's 2011 The PDT Cocktail Book, the creation of the Eclipse is credited to "Leo Robitschek, New York, Winter 2009."
ECLIPSE COCKTAIL
Jim Meehan, 2011
2 oz. El Tesoro Añejo Tequila
.75 oz. Aperol
.75 oz. Cherry – Heering
.75 oz. Lemon Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled, Del Maguey Vida Mezcal-rinsed coupe
Garnish with a lemon twist
–Leo Robitschek, New York, Winter 2009
When or where, this cocktail morphed from being served in a mezcal-rinsed coupe to being served on-the-rock with a mezcal float is unknown, but some say, it was first served at the 2013 Great GoogaMooga Festival held at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. USA.
Nutrition:
One serving of Eclipse Cocktail (by Leo Robitschek) contains 214 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 17.68% alc./vol. (35.36° proof)
- 18.6 grams of pure alcohol
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