Name: Loaded Pistol
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Strega liqueur; 4 drop Grapefruit bitters

Loaded Pistol
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Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ oz	Liquore Strega
4 drop	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit juice & sea salt rim.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Mezcal provides the firepower, tamed by sweet vermouth and rich herbal liqueur. A great late-night sipper.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Erick Castro at Polite Provisions, San Diego, USA. Erick's original recipe calls for a "grasshopper salt rim" made by blending ½ cup sea salt and 2 spoons dehydrated grasshoppers.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Loaded Pistol contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
27.2% alc./vol. (27.2° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Dave D.

19th March 2023 at 00:56

This was THE BEST with the Mezcal. Smokiness came through beautifully. And I love using Strega….large rock keeps it chilled wothout too much dilution….

beth anderson

10th October 2022 at 00:05

I substituted (a little less) tequila anejo aged in oak barrels and still got that savory smokiness coming through, nicely balanced with cinnamon-sweet strega.

Calvin Grant

7th January 2022 at 05:26

There's a fascinating tension between the Mezcal and the Liquore Strega. (I used Montelobos Espadin Joven.) Cocchi Storico Vermouth di Torino provided a well traveled bridge for the two to meet.

Richard Elgar

26th October 2020 at 01:59

OK. I made this with the grasshopper salt. It's the first time that I think I've ever been able to describe salt as "meaty". The cocktail is pretty decent though!