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An agave-based old-fashioned with a wonderful hit of smokiness from the mezcal (depending on your choice of mezcal).
Like many cocktails, Philip Ward's...
What a great cocktail for Día de los Muertos! Having no chocolate bitters on hand, I used Angostura as in the original recipe, but then had the inspiration to crumble some bits into the drink from a tablet of “La Soledad” Chocolate Almendrado (with almonds ground in, for making drinking chocolate, typical in Oaxaca) left over from a trip to Oaxaca. Perfecto!