Serve in an Old-fashioned glass
1 oz | Patrón Añejo tequila |
3⁄4 oz | Heering Cherry Liqueur |
3⁄4 oz | Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo |
3⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1⁄4 oz | Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal |
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.
Beautifully balanced bitter-sweetness with tequila and mezcal sitting harmoniously with cherry and aperitivo liqueurs, with lemon freshness. A perfect aperitivo cocktail.
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.
One serving of Eclipse Cocktail (by Leo Robitschek) contains 214 calories
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