Name: Mezcalero
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Triple sec; 15 ml Mezcal; 10 ml Ginger syrup; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 8 drop Grapefruit bitters

Mezcalero
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Ginger Syrup
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
8 drop	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Lightly smoky mezcal with ginger spice and zesty citrus.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by David Roth at Cask Bar & Kitchen in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Mezcalero contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.32% alc./vol. (19.32° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Patricia Baker

28th April at 00:41

Odd that they named this cocktail "Mezcalero" when the main spirit is NOT mezcal. Honestly, I was a bit underwhelmed by the cocktail. There is no "hero" ingredient as the smoky agave gets lost in the Cointreau. Wanted to like this, but will have to make modifications next time.

D King

13th February 2024 at 08:16

Didn't have ginger syrup, so I just melted down some candied ginger.

Avery Garnett

28th July 2023 at 16:28

I really like the idea behind a triple sec cocktail with it as the main ingredient, and I like the flavour profile...but it was very sweet and very sour. Like in balanced amounts, but just an awful lot of both.

Enrique Del Rio San pio

28th June 2023 at 22:58

Absolutely delicious, i tried at my bar and my customers loved It!! I changed the bitters for angostura orange bitters and It worked perfecto!!! Citrus and complex due to Ginger flavour

Jeremy Harrold

18th May 2023 at 16:45

A little bit unbalanced with the mezcal I used (Koch El) with the Cointreau a bit too forward. I upped the mezcal and added a coin of ginger root when I made it again.

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