Name: Port of Spain (by Dominic Alling)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 20 ml Orgeat syrup; 20 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Aromatic bitters

Port of Spain (by Dominic Alling)
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Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
²⁄₃ oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime slice wheel (preferably dehydrated)..
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Float (dehydrated) lime slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Named after the capital city of Trinidad, the home of Angostura Bitters, and fittingly this cocktail calls for a monster half an ounce of bitters. Despite this, it is incredibly easy to drink, particularly as an after-dinner digestive.

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Variant:

Port of Spain

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2013 by Dominic Alling at Beretta in San Francisco, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Port of Spain (by Dominic Alling) contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
18.83% alc./vol. (18.83° proof)
18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Albert Markiewicz

6th June at 21:34

I'm actually amazed. I've never seen a cocktail using this much of Angostura, so although I expected the cocktail to be completely dominated by it, I was still intrigued and tried it today. Surprisigly the amount of Angostura isn't overdominant at all! The flavours work so well together that I can feel every single ingredient I used. The ratios are also perfect here, there's nothing I would change about this recipe.

Lars Venegas

9th May at 20:13

Did anybody try with tequila instead? Is it a good idea?

Melanie Venegas

10th May at 10:42

Was nice i also added tabacco bitters

Ares

9th March at 04:21

Boozy, bold, full of flavor but surprising balanced. Probably dangerous because I feel like making it again.

Ares

20th April at 11:08

Coming back to this as an update, but IMHO a very smoky mezcal works best here. For the first time I used Montelobos and the second time I used Lopez Real. They are both great, but the Montelobos has a very smoky flavor that balances very nicely with the angostura bitters, while the Lopez Real felt a little one dimensional.

Brittany McNally

12th January at 00:18

Remember to sub in angastora Amaro di amgastoura

Caspian Berggren

21st November 2024 at 20:41

That's delightfully balanced and delicious. A magical cocktail.

Mark

31st May 2024 at 23:48

Incredible drink, very bold flavours that work perfectly together, pleasant bitter finish of the ango, smokiness of mezcal which for some reason my mind associates with pure fire, and just the right amount of sweetness from orgeat. Every next sip makes me fall in love with this masterpiece more and more. Will certainly mix it again in the future.

Derek

24th March 2024 at 02:03

Absolutely unbelievable! Didn't register how much Angostura until I was mixing the drink. Thought it might be a typo. Then worried my wife might pour this over my head when I served it to her. Instead it went straight into our favorites list. What a delicious surprise.

Yorey C

5th December 2023 at 06:35

Mi Mama mezcal | Finest Call orgeat | Super lemon juice | Angro ________tastes like: a barbecue, a jamaican barbecue. very intense, dont even want to slosh it around cuz it might melt my teeth lol. really makes me sweat. astringent.

Peter McCarthy

13th July 2024 at 03:54

I was just thinking this reminds me of a German rauchbier I had once that made me feel like I was drinking barbecued meat, except this is more delicious and nuanced with the orgeat and lime. What a unique cocktail, and a great option for anyone into smokey & spicy drinks.

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Brandon Chutuk

6th October 2023 at 22:14

This was delicious! I'm not sure *how* it works, but it really does work -- the big bold flavors of the mezcal and Angostura are subdued yet amplified by each other to ultimately create something new and distinctly tasty. I would definitely make this again!