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Oaxaca Old-Fashioned
An agave-based old-fashioned with a wonderful hit of smokiness from the mezcal. Like many cocktails, Philip's original recipe (of 45 ml Reposado tequila...
Areum Jeon
2nd February 2022 at 05:52
Lovely cocktail. I'm wondering if I can make this cocktail with orange bitters instead. Maybe I'll try it tonight!
4th February 2022 at 12:07
I made it with orange bitters instead of aromatic. I had it with burritos for lunch and loved it, but it was a tad on the sweet side. Maybe it's due to the orange bitters, but I'll try with 5ml agave syrup next time.
20th November 2021 at 01:52
Simple and delicious. Bittermen’s Xocolatl Mole bitters really hit the spot on this one.
1st November 2021 at 23:57
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!
30th July 2021 at 19:28
Oh so good - I kept to the quantities but use Arette Anejo Tequila. so smooth and the Bobs Chocolate bitters are perfect in it. So smooth - a real sipper
11th April 2021 at 13:42
I use 1/8 oz agave (or simple syrup) to really let the flavors come out. The use of chocolate (or mole) bitters is a must in this awesome cocktail!
30th November 2020 at 10:35
Great! I use a little bit less agave syrup because it's a little bit too sweet for me otherwise. It's better to use a different sweetener because Mexico is getting destroyed by the agave syrup industry at the expense of Agave for Mezcal and the soil of the country in general.
1st November 2020 at 16:47
I made it with Angostura, but I agree that the chocolate bitters sound like a great idea, and would reduce the agave slightly as a result too, but not too much because I don't mind a touch of sweet. I think a bar spoon is still the right amount.
3rd August 2020 at 17:47
The cocktail is very good but I would change proportion a little bit. I put 1 bar spoon of agave syrup (approx 5ml) and it is a bit too sweet but if you want to taste spirit i would put slightly less.
I really recommend some chocolate bitters as the person did in other comment I did it with fee brothers one and its really good. By knowing most of tequila are low on alcohol if the sweetness is too important you will not really appreciate the tequila. Jose Cuervo reposado and Ilegal Mezcal
I really recommend some chocolate bitters as the person did in other comment I did it with fee brothers one and its really good. By knowing most of tequila are low on alcohol if the sweetness is too important you will not really appreciate the tequila. Jose Cuervo reposado and Ilegal Mezcal
10th August 2020 at 08:58
Agreed. As per yours and other comments below, I have swapped out Angostura for chocolate bitters. However, I find Fee Brothers sweet rather than bitter and this may affect amount of sugar used, so I have also amended my comment above to account for this. Many thanks for the feedback.