La Alianza

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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz Lillet-style Rosé light quinquina
1⁄2 oz Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Double old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of wide grapefruit zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Review:

Mezcal sings in this dry aperitif-style cocktail with delicate vinous notes and light gentian bitterness.

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Variant:

Served straight-up in a chilled coupe, depending upon occasion. The coupe version can also be topped with ½oz (15 ml) champagne.

Nutrition:

One serving of La Alianza contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 23.62% alc./vol. (23.62° proof)
  • 21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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JACQUELINE KIRK’s Avatar JACQUELINE KIRK
14th May 2022 at 18:16
Looking for more uses for the Martini Rosato I have, seems to work nicely in this aperitivo! I thought with the Suze it might be 'écoeurant' but it is nice and refreshing. A little bitterness and a lighter dose of that smoke and petrol (I enjoy it haha yes sniffing around gas pumps) funkiness of Del Maguey Vida. Might be the particular Mezcal I used (Amores).
Will try again with the champagne top up :)
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