Name: Mexican El Diablo
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Ginger beer

Mexican El Diablo
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Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Highball

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.
Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Mezcal's assertive flavours stand up well, indeed sit in harmony with richly flavoured blackcurrant liqueur, lime juice and fiery ginger beer.

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History:

The original name for Trader Vic's tequila-based El Diablo. As fellow Discerning Drinker, Erik Maloney suggests, more appropriate names would perhaps be Smoky Devil, Diablo Ahumado, or Diablo Humeante.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mexican El Diablo contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
11.22% alc./vol. (11.22° proof)
16 grams of pure alcohol

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Ruth Harvey

26th June at 16:25

I made this according to the recipe and thought the amount of ginger beer was perfect. I was definitely looking for the mezcal to shine though - the ginger beer was the supporting act!

Robert Holen

30th January at 16:57

I've only tried one Mezcal so far: Del Maguey Vida de Muertos Mezcal Artesanal. I don't know if that one is very potent compared to others, but it completely overpowered Fever-Tree's ginger beer, which is amongst the strongest flavoured ones you can get..
An extra 2 cl of ginger beer made a better balance in my case.

Albert Markiewicz

18th June at 22:27

I used exactly the same Mezcal, and also the same ginger beer. Even though I measured all the ingredients, I eyeballed the ginger beer. Ended up using around 100 ml so around 3 and 1/3 ounce. It turned out delicious, however the colour wasn't very appetising

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