Name: M and M
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Amaro; 40 ml Mezcal

M & M
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Amaro Montenegro
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange (or lime) zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS orange (or lime) zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Deliciously simple, boozy, vaguely Negroni-like, very tasty and perfect for late-night sipping.

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Variant:

With the addition of 3 drops of chocolate bitters &/or served as a shot in clay mezcal copitas.
Mezcaletti (with mezcal)

History:

Short for Monte y Mezcal, the M + M was created in 2015 by Marco Montefiori of Amaro Montenegro and popularised by Robert Krueger at Employee's Only in New York, USA.

So popular is this 50/50 mix of Montenegro and Mezcal served straight up as a shot among bartenders that the drink has gained the nickname Manager's Meeting.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.59% alc./vol. (25.59° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Gabrielle14

12th May at 01:29

Swapped Montenegro for Vecchio Amaro Del Capo and wow! So much more depth, less sweet and complex. Highly recommend.

Chris Brislawn

22nd April at 05:19

Ordered this last weekend at the bar in a $$$$ restaurant in a very swanky Las Vegas casino, which shall remain nameless (although it's right across Flamingo Road from Caesar's Palace). Bartender had never heard of it so I explained the recipe and he made a great drink for me with Del Maguey Puebla Mezcal. My wife ordered a White Negroni; he'd never heard of that, either (nor of Salers, Suze, or Luxardo Bitter Bianco), so she had a Martini instead.

eddie richards

14th December 2024 at 15:57

I tried this today after reading about it in Punch. It works for me with a dash of chocolate bitters & 2 drops of saline solution

Caspian Berggren

10th December 2024 at 00:00

It's surprisingly balanced for its build with only two ingredients but it needs the vinous tones of vermouth to become balanced like a Negroni. I do like the idea of it as a shot though. It's such a unique flavour combination to work as a shot but as a drink it's slightly off balance.

Matt

27th October 2024 at 03:50

To supplement a previous comment - I like the M&M, but wanted to try other amari - see my comment below. I tried Aperol - good, but think the Aperol thins it out a bit too much at a 1:1 ratio, so I'd try 60:40, or maybe 2:1 Mezcal:Aperol. I also tried Romana Amaro (strong tangerine/citrus note) - it was ok - the Romana overwhelmed the Mezcal - I'd definitely need to cut back the Romana Amaro to about a 3:1 ratio.

Matt

27th October 2024 at 03:45

I like mezcal and I like amaro - so this concept was very appealing. I tried the M&M recipe and was struck by how the combo brought out vegetal notes that I don't get from either ingredient in isolation. Very nice, smoky and vegetal and some sweet - I liked it. I also like rabarbaro amari, and so I tried this with Sfumato as the amaro (Sfumato overwhelms the mezcal - becomes a larger glass of Sfumato - not recommended). I am filing another comment with other amari notes.

John CARR

17th August 2024 at 14:44

Tried the Monténégro version which was quite nice. The obvious pairing for me was Cynar - vegetal, intense, bittersweet. Worked much better in my opinion. Used a Meyer lemon twist, which is a cross between orange and lemon. Perro de San Juan mezcal. Delish!

Josh Goran

6th May 2024 at 15:11

I used Del Maguey Vida mezcal. maybe good as a shot, and it is definitely an "interesting" drink...but like some previous reviewers, I don't know that I'll make another on the rocks any time soon. feels like a really good idea that needs something to balance it out.

Gary Walther's suggestion of Nonino plus orange bitters/grapefruit twist might be a better drink for my palette (though I do love Montenegro in other drinks).

Gary Walther

5th May 2024 at 03:12

I have always liked the Reanimator (equal parts Amaro Nonino & Rye), so I used Amaro Nonino here along with Del Maguey Vida. I think the combination is great. I added a dash of orange bitters as suggested by another reviewer plus a grapefruit twist. Delicious.

D King

24th February 2024 at 02:12

This is the drink that turned around mezcal for me. So simple, and so good.

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