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Añogo

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (15)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Añejo tequila (100% agave)
12 fl oz Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry
1 23 fl oz Advocaat liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

  1. EXPRESS flamed orange zest twist over cocktail, then use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Añogo contains 210 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 18.09% alc./vol. (36.19° proof)
  • 18.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Hazardous ingredients

Recipe contains the following hazardous Ingredients:

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2007 by H. Joseph Ehrmann at Elixir in San Francisco, California. His recipe doesn't use advocaat but is instead made with an eggnog base, made by combining beaten egg yolks with sugar, milk, cream and nutmeg. H. has also experimented with ageing the mixture age for three months in a cask before using it in his Añogo. It's a faff to make the eggnog base, so I use advocaat instead. Sorry H.

Review

Creamy but not sweet with tequila character shining through. (Añogo is Spanish for 'yearn'.)

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Comments & Discussion

trendomexico Premium Member
I find a little amazing that nobody is doing this with THE tequila, but also using ROMPOPE which is the mexican advocaat. Available everywhere in Mexico -sort of the booze for grannies. It taste very surprising, with the Sherry.
score: 1
Calvin Grant Premium Member
I hear you. Rompope is what I have used in the cocktails I've made that call for advocaat. Haven't tried this one yet.
score: 2
Robert Holen
This one is seriously underrated by the users and I know why!

Although you can scrape by with a cheap bottle of Blanco tequila, the same can't be said for Reposado and Añejo... The bottom shelf offerings will more often than not destroy the flavour of a cocktail.

At a bare minimum get the ones made of 100% blue agave. Personally I'm fond of Lunazul Tequila which is in the middle tier.
score: 1
H. Joseph Ehrmann
No need to apologize, Simon! I was researching what kind of press this drink has gotten and kept seeing it surprisingly pop up with advocaat. When I asked someone why, he pointed me here, where I didn't know it was listed! Thanks! Now I have to try it with advocaat! (I actually created this back in 2007, and tried it various ways over the years, including aging the tequila in a small cask I had seasoned with sherry for 6 months prior. These days at ELIXIR, we just build it with no aging.
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Thanks, H. I look forward to seeing you at Elixir again in the not-too-distant future.
score: 0
Olivia Andrade
I used an espresso crème tequila liqueur instead of the more traditional tequila and the resulting, extra creamy with a hint of coffee, cocktail was divine. I will be serving at next years Christmas soirèe.
score: 2
Jeremy Harrold
I made variations by using resposado tequila and Marsala Secco…you gotta use what you’ve got! It is still an advocaat drink (great), but with a bit of restraint of the sweeter side of the advocaat.
score: 2

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Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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