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Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (55 ratings)

Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz

Ingredients:
1 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz The Busker Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
12 oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
× 1 1 serving
Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of apple slice.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

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

Review:

Dry and boozy, this delicious late-night sipper unusually mixes two different single pot-still spirits, one smoky Mexican agave and the other characterful Irish barley

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2013 by Phil Ward at his Mayahuel bar in New York City, USA.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 33.43% alc./vol. (33.43° proof)
  • 25.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Stephen Curtin’s Avatar Stephen Curtin
16th August 2024 at 23:03
The Del Maguey Vida was a little smoky for my taste to begin with, but after a while, when my rock of ice melted a bit and my drink became more diluted, I began to enjoy it more.
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
26th June 2024 at 01:22
Tasted great with bourbon, can't wait to try it with an appropriate Irish Whiskey. Bénédictine is such a heavy lifter, a must have in the bar. Ditto Peychaud's.
Fernando Yu’s Avatar Fernando Yu
18th February 2022 at 15:03
Interesting and boozy!
JACQUELINE KIRK’s Avatar JACQUELINE KIRK
13th July 2021 at 19:31
Very boozy, a really lovely sipper.