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Dragon Punch

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (122)
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Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 fl oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1⁄2 fl oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1 fl oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 fl oz Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
2 dash Hot pepper sauce (red, vinegar-based e.g. Tabasco)

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How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered cucumber roll.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with skewered cucumber roll.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Dragon Punch contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 17.65% alc./vol. (35.29° proof)
  • 20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Robert Weeks, General Manager at The Coldroom bar in Montréal, Canada.

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Review

An almond, mezcal and herbal liqueur Margarita with a touch of fire-breathing hot pepper sauce.

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Comments & Discussion

Joshua B.
Ground up some jalapenos in the shaker prior to adding the other ingredients, adds some additional more "throaty" spice.
score: 1
Matt Premium Member
Mezcal brings smoke and earthy citrus, the hot sauce gives a touch of heat, and the lime is a natural with the smoky heat and lime. The relatively mild mannered yellow chartreuse is far in the background. I didn't care for the orgeat - I may like this cocktail with simple syrup (and maybe a use a bit less).
score: 0
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We tried this with 6 drops Sriracha Sauce (it's water based)...lovely for us.
score: 1
Toby James Premium Member
Just going into this, but I'm commenting to suggest the ingredients functionality on the site might benefit from distinguishing between vinegar-based hot sauces and... not that, the other kind. Given the default hot sauce option features a picture of Tabasco but comments on here suggest it should be avoided.
score: 2
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Happily, hot pepper sauces appear easier to categorise than rum, so I have followed your suggestion and created ingredients for water- and vinegar-based hot sauces. I will experiment with the two before I swap in the recipe.
score: 2
Leslie Walter
Oh. We just made it for the first time last night, with Tobasco. Delicious!
score: 1
Matt Tench
Getting the right amount of heat is really important, it is way too easy to overpower the drink which is multi dimensional if you get it right.

Also - Tajin rim. You’ll thank me.
score: 2
Toby James Premium Member
I'm about to try it but I'll thank you pre-emptively.
score: 1
Toby James Premium Member
And thanking you again now I've tried it, because that was blinding.
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
So as a sort of response to previous commenters, for the spicy hot we went with 2 dashes of Scrappy's fire tincture. Perfect for us but dial it back to 1 dash if you don't have a spicy hot palate.
score: 1
Jeanette Auman
Interesting drink, we used a local hot pepper sauce so maybe 1 dash would have been better, but very nice flavor.
score: 1
Avery Garnett
Okay, I can definitely recommend /not/ using sambal if you're coming around to read this and wondering what options for "hot sauce" are. It adds a very strange texture.
score: 4
Michael Ward
Made this with Xicaru Mezcal Añejo and Chipotle Cholula and the dual sources of smokiness played really well together. Each sip kind of went agave -> lime -> chartreuse -> spice -> smoke; definitely a keeper.
score: 4
Kory Russell
I loved this one. Didn't use Vida mezcal, and on the second batch I ran out of orgeat and used falernum which still worked great. The balance is perfect. The chartreuse gives it a nice floral note while the hot sauce was a nice touch of heat. It's great for a hot summer day.
score: 1

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$2.91 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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