Name: Midnight Marauder
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Mezcal; 25 ml Blanc quinquina/kina; 25 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 1 dash Mole bitters

Ingredients

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Blanc quinquina/kina (e.g. Mattei Cap Corse, Bonal, Kina L'Aéro)

⁵⁄₆ fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1 dash

Mole bitters

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Midnight Marauder contains 132 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
20.13% alc./vol. (40.25° proof)
15.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Frederic D. Premium Member 34w

I may need to try again with a softer mezcal (I used Banhez), or with Cynar 70 as suggestions below, because as I made it, the mezcal absolutely dominated. It was still good, just very mezcal forward, while I was looking for more herbal/bitter presence.

Boris Jümmers 1y

Great cocktail, did also try it with the Cynar 70.

Cynar 70 is really good stuff. I highly recommend it. Where the regular Cynar feels a little thin, this one is intense, much deper and full bodied. Has hints of menthol, licorice and even a fruit stew, wine-like nose. Much more pronounced artichoke aroma. Cough syrup also comes to mind (but in the good ways) ;-)

I would also recommend the Eeyore's Requiem and in the Cin-Cyn with it.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Must agree with the Cynar 70! That's all I get now. Have tried this with Bonal and a local product, Genziana Fernanda, and now with a first time bottle of Kina L' Aero d' Or. All very good!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 5y

Also to be more accurate when I wrote "Difford's review" I was refering to the Cynar 70 page. No sample was recieved to review. Unfortunate. I'd love Simon's take on this.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 5y

Greetings Patrick. Funny you should ask. Got the 70 then checked the recipes here and realized I probably should have started with the original which I have not tried. Diffords review says the 70 has double the flavor intensity of the original. Perhaps reducing by half might work better. Sipping on some neat right now. Excellent Amaro!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 5y

Trying some of the Cynar recipies. I'm using the 70 proof. Strongly recommend this and the Cin-Cyn.

Patrick Valentino 5y

How do you feel the Cynar 70 compares with the lower proof? same flavor just faster buzz? :)

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Greetings Patrick. Cynar 70 is definitely my preference after trying both. Stands up well in cocktails. bor jü's description in this comments chain sums it up well. I guess I didn't reply to you directly in 2021. Thanks for the question. Cheers.