Saving the world one drink at a time
This smokey mezcal drink is lightened up with a half ounce of lemon juice, and spiced up with some of Hella’s smoked chili bitters. Perfect for coming out of the gloom of winter, I recommend using an aged Mezcal for full flavor. Cynar has a lot of vegetal qualities that pair perfectly with darker, smokey…
To add to my mezcal trend recently I picked up a few pomelos at the local grocery store. These are large grapefruit-like fruit that have a juice and inside that is a good substitute for grapefruit. For this cocktail I found an interesting Chili Paloma cocktail online and decided to use my pomelo to make…
I just can’t stop using this delicious mezcal in all sorts of variations. Since this is my first time experimenting I’ve been on the lookout for new variations to classic drinks that I can update with a mezcal twist. This fits the bill perfectly, it keeps the minty flavors of a julep while getting the…
One more mezcal cocktail for this week! I’m also using this as an opportunity to finish out my end-of-summer blackberries. This drink came out beautifully and has some of the best parts of a Margarita combined with the sweeter, darker flavors of the blackberries and the smokiness of the mezcal. Like the Division Bell, this…
This has been the week of mezcal because Vago’s Elote mezcal is just that delicious. It’s hard to find mezcal in this part of NC, mostly because the state liquor stores are stocked at the county level, and people around here have yet to fall in love with good mezcal. Drinks like the Division…
While I’m on the mezcal kick here’s another great drink I tried out. The Aperol adds a bitter citrus note that pairs well with the smoky-corn flavor of the Elite mezcal. I accentuated the smoke flavor even more with the Crude bitters, that blend together the flavors without letting the citrus become overbearing. I added…