Give Me Fever

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (42 ratings)

Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
23 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
12 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
0.42 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Monin Lavender Syrup
13 oz Thomas Henry Tonic Water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist (flamed).
  3. SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. TOP with tonic water.
  6. EXPRESS flamed lemon zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

This drink combines the fever quenching G&T with medicinal lavender and flavoursome mezcal from the Mexican territories where us Brits are susceptible to "fever... give me fever. What a lovely way to burn."

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History:

Created 3rd May 2014 by yours truly while Fever by Peggy Lee was playing.

Nutrition:

One serving of Give Me Fever contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 20.11% alc./vol. (20.11° proof)
  • 19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Jacques  Gaudin ’s Avatar Jacques Gaudin
15th March at 11:12
Particularly well balanced, it tastes "crafted". The nacre colour adds to the appeal.
Peter McCarthy’s Avatar Peter McCarthy
14th May 2024 at 23:43
A new favorite. You get the gin + orange + smoky mezcal + citrus + faint lavender + a little bitter from the tonic + a little overall sweetness. Complex but delicious. Goes down easy. Beefeater was a little subtle, so curious to try it with different gins.
Malea Kneen’s Avatar Malea Kneen
1st August 2022 at 00:20
Ooh, this is really nice!
26th September 2021 at 01:30
One of my favourites! Well done sir!
Jorge Guerrero ’s Avatar Jorge Guerrero
24th January 2021 at 03:12
I really enjoyed it. Instead of lavender syrup, I used lavender bitters and simple syrup. And added more tonic about 2 oz to make it super refreshing . Salud? from mexico
Vincent Wolf’s Avatar Vincent Wolf
26th August 2020 at 18:30
I did it without the lavender syrup and its good. I was a bit sceptical to mix all of that together but you really feel each of the ingredient the fragrant and peppery gin, the smokiness of mezcal and even the bitterness of tonic (I used Fever tree). Really interesting.