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Devil's Soul
Spirituous, smoky, earthy, bittersweet, floral, herbal and complex. I've reduced the original serve by one-third to produce a complex, serious and most...
Matheus Martins
3rd July at 15:43
Very complex and delicious. A magic potion in a few ml's
3rd July at 11:05
Very good. Not quite as good as the similar Bonaparte's Manhattan, which has 4 rather than 6 ingredients.
30th November 2024 at 22:45
Somehow the balance in this is such that you can kill it by overdoing it on the garnish. In my first attempt the smell of orange from my fingers knocked out all the subtleties and skewed the whole drink towards straight orange. A smaller patch of orange zest on take two allowed for a far better drink.
21st September 2024 at 22:47
This is a really balanced drink. I describe it as none of the ingredients are in charge but all do their job in adding the subtle notes as intended. Together they make a new flavor.
18th August 2024 at 07:33
Quite sippable, not really so intense as some have indicated. Rye and Mezcal fight for dominance, with Averna somehow bridging the gap. Aperol lends bitter orange notes that tie together the garnish (originally flamed orange oil, as I understand) and the Amaro, with a bit of sweetness on the back end that ushers in the Elderflower ever so subtly. The ingredients are all keeping one another in check miraculously, but the cocktail somehow lacks a cohesive flavour.
17th August 2024 at 13:27
Glad of the reduced serve: the flavours here are OTT intense!! It is balanced and can taste all the components… but SO strong! Maybe Halloween is the best time for this. Title well earned. One to come back to I think.
2nd June 2024 at 10:54
I used Montenegro because I was out of Averna. 5 stars from me… maybe even 5+.
15th April 2024 at 20:05
Just perfect!
16th June 2023 at 23:26
Love it! The mezcal is present but so are the other ingredients! Small portion though. May need to do 1.5x
3rd May 2023 at 02:19
Had high hopes so made everything at 1.5x for a larger amount. Unfortunately, no part stood out and it was mostly just tasted like sweetened booze.
16th March 2023 at 08:44
I made the full size version and I must say this is just great. And amazingly it came out awesome on first try: I really thought I would need to go back and try many different combination of mezcal/amaro/rye but that was not the case. BTW I used St. Germain, Aperol, Averna, Ezra Brooks straight rye 45%, and Derrumbes Durango.
4th March 2023 at 00:49
Absolutely fabulous!! Love the blend. Used Montelobos that I found after a trip to Mexico this year…
15th November 2022 at 03:06
Substituted Jägermeister (1/4 oz) for Averna Amaro (1/3 oz).
5th November 2022 at 21:13
You should rename this cocktail "The Marmite" given how it has divided people! I love it. Made it with Nonino as I didn't have any Averna; maybe that makes all the difference. Like some other commenters I said "where's the rest of it" so doubled the ingredients for a proper drink.
12th October 2022 at 01:00
Quite nice and a lot more enjoyable than the similar Beelzebub we tried last night. Didn’t happen to have a regular orange at hand, but a garnish of Bergamot orange zest made it sing. Too bad you have to grow your own to get Bergamots.
30th September 2022 at 19:59
Sort of a smoky Negroni. Very nice use of Mezcal. Good one!
5th September 2022 at 04:44
Well, with these proportions, it’s even short in a Nick & Nora. Punchy, tasty, but insufficiently distinctive to merit so many ingredients.
4th March 2023 at 00:51
I know…didn’t fill the glass much…I think I’d used one of my vintage glassware
5th September 2022 at 04:44
Boozy, bitter, smoky, so many things to like. Low volume, high octane. Next time Flamed Orange will be nice, similar to another favorite cocktail found on Difford’s, the Revolver.
9th July 2022 at 01:52
At first I thought this drink was a bit of an unfocused mess, but then I tried adding a lemon peel and it was a significant improvement - really bringing the flavors together.
20th May 2022 at 18:01
Wow. Probably the smokiest drink I've tried that doesn't involve islay whisky. Must be the mescal and the averno doing their thing.
9th May 2022 at 01:44
Didn't know what to expect from the ingredients. Never thought it would be drinking Germolene through a liquorice Rizla roll-up, but IN A GOOD WAY. Wild. 4.5/5.
28th May 2021 at 22:33
I like Mezcal, Rye, and the two together, but alas, this one is a bit of a mess. It doesn't know what it wants to be, and fails on all fronts.
23rd June 2022 at 08:55
100% agree with your comment.
15th March 2021 at 00:14
I prefer Fidencio in place of Vida, but regardless, this cocktail is a work of art.
4th January 2021 at 05:04
Really interesting cocktail with a LOT of different flavors, but they blend together well. I didn't have Mezcal at home so used a High West rye finished in scotch barrels, then a standard blanco tequila.
7th November 2020 at 01:35
New to using Mezcal so haven't quite gotten to enjoying the Smokey flavor yet. Need to find a drink that works for me...baby steps :)
9th October 2020 at 16:51
NEW FAV!