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Mezcal cocktails

Mezcal trades tequila's brightness for something older and more deliberate — smoke from the agave pit, depth from the earth. It anchors the Oaxaca Old Fashioned and cuts through sweetness with authority in the Naked and Famous.

3 classic recipes from our canon that use mezcal — Mezcal sits in our spirits shelf.

Naked and Famous cocktail

Naked and Famous

✦ Proven classicMediumCoupe

Equal parts mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol and lime — smoky, bitter and bright at once.


Ingredients

  • 22 ml mezcal
  • 22 ml yellow chartreuse
  • 22 ml aperol
  • 22 ml lime juice

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✦ Proven classicMediumCoupe

Mezcal and overproof rum with falernum and lime — smoky, tart and built to bite.


Ingredients

  • 30 ml mezcal
  • 15 ml white rum
  • 15 ml falernum
  • 1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
  • 22 ml lime juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • few drops egg white

Oaxaca Old Fashioned cocktail

Oaxaca Old Fashioned

✦ Proven classicMediumRocks

Reposado and mezcal sweetened with agave — a smoky, modern take on the original.


Ingredients

  • 45 ml reposado tequila
  • 15 ml mezcal
  • 5 ml agave syrup
  • 2 dashes mole bitters

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