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My Wife says is goes down easy. As she is a tequila monster no wonder. I made this to the recipe with Rooster Rojo tequila and Briottet Creme de Casis de Dijon. I realise Patron is the standard for the site but would take advice on the Reposado. I wonder how this would work with either a ginger syrup or ginger wine (Stones/Church's) and soda water as the dilutant.

it's pleasant, of course.

Interesting - I think I used a little less ginger beer as I was using lowball glasses, but I quite liked how the spicy bite of the ginger played into the tequila, giving it almost a smoky sensation. I had to take a second to recall I did use tequila and not mezcal. Lime comes through, but the cassis flavor seems a mere accent - though it is likely also countering the tartness of the lime as well.

Love the drink with ginger beer but haven’t tried with ginger ale, but I think it’s probably better with G beer.

Enjoyable cocktail. I’m interested in trying it with mezcal next - I would anticipate it being a bit more complex.

I heartily second the use of mezcal in this cocktail--I call it the Smoky Devil (Diablo Ahumado? Diablo Humeante?).

You can have refreshing drinks. You can have strong liquor drinks. This is both. Wow.

I'm with TV that cassis=lime, otherwise it's overpowered.
I had 45\20\20 with mezcal topped with FeverTree Light Ginger ale.
The excellent ginger ale helps make it. mezcal
The mezcal stands out despite the oomph of the lime and the FeverTree. Amazing.