Name: Obituario
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Mezcal; 30 ml Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth; 2.5 ml Absinthe; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Obituario
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Photographed in a Bespoke Martini

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
1 oz	Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
0.08 oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist and skewered Fragata Green Olive (ideally on a skull-topped cocktail pick).
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered olive.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Whisps of mezcal mingle with herbaceous tequila, rich vinous vermouth and delicate aniseed and liquorice.

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Variant:

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History:

A tequila-based riff on the classic gin-based Obituary cocktail (a Dry Martini with dashes of absinthe), borrowing elements from the Tequila Martini and Oaxaca Old Fashioned. A couple of drops of saline solution have a dramatic rounding and mellowing effect on this cocktail. Created by yours truly on the Day Of The Dead 2023 at the Clocktower, Rye, Sussex.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Obituario contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.2% alc./vol. (26.2° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Steven Jepson

1st November 2024 at 21:50

Tried this to celebrate Night of the Dead and Halloween. Will follow up with A Corpse Reviver #2 and finish with a Physcoville #2 (my take courtesy of The Hideout in Bath).

Kurt Crake

1st November 2024 at 21:47

Tastes like dishwater

Simon Sedgley

26th January at 16:58

It hadn't occurred to me that I might do my dishes in tequila and mezcal...with a dash of absinthe of course. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Nic Durston

1st November 2024 at 19:08

We celebrated Halloween by charting Life, Death and Resurrection though the metaphor of cocktails.

We started with a Bouvardier, renamed as a BOO-vardier, the idea being to shout BOO to scare hapless souls to death...upon which they had to utter their Last Word.

We then drank a Corpse Reviver No. 2 to bring back the dead.

All recipes from Difford's. All delicious.

Must try the Obituario !

Matt

27th October 2024 at 02:57

The tequila/mezcal base is terrific, and the bianco vermouth and absinthe are very nice complements. As suggested by Morten Carlsbaek below, I used 1/4 t of absinthe (vs. 1/2 t) - that was appropriate and balanced.

Morten Carlsbaek

13th August 2024 at 17:43

Fine cocktail, but in my opinion dominated by absinthe (I like absinthe) and the other ingredients too much in the background. To the already mixed and tasted drink, I addded 15 ml extra mezcal and 15 ml extra vermouth bianco. Then I found it more balanced. Next time, I will half the amount of absinthe instead. (I used El Cortijo Tepextate mezcal 45 % and Chazalettes Bianco, great products but maybe a bit weak tasting for this kind of cocktail?).

John Hinojos

2nd November 2023 at 00:16

Excellent.
Living in San Diego, CA, USA, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a big event. Could never find a cocktail with the respect of the day in honouring the dead. This one is perfect. Thank you, Simon.

Roberto Solaro

1st November 2023 at 19:15

Although I appreciate very much all information provided by Simon Difford's, I am almost sure that this cocktail was not created on the Day of The Deaths 2014

Simon Difford

2nd November 2023 at 07:40

Thanks. I'd like to claim I was planning ahead but I just hit the wrong key. In my defence, had been trying different versions of the recipe.

Leo Barr

2nd November 2023 at 02:53

2024?

Louise Allen

1st November 2023 at 17:55

Very nice! Quite boozy, definitely a sipping drink. Looking forward to trying this with different mezcals. I think the choice of vermouth can make a big difference too - I only had Belazar in the fridge which is a touch sweet but the drink was still well balanced.

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