Mezcal Cocktail Recipes

Gallo de Oro

BY SEBASTIEN GANS — PARIS, FRANCE 1 ounce coffee-infused Vida (recipe below) 1 ounce Vermouth Del Professore Bianco 1 teaspoon Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao 1⁄2 teaspoon Peter Heering Cherry Liqueur 1 spritz oloroso sherry, for aromatics 1 Amarena cherry, for garnish Combine the coffee-infused vida,...

Andrés y Cooper

BY MIGUEL LANCHA — WASHINGTON, DC 3⁄4 ounce Del Maguey Ibérico 3⁄4 ounce Yzaguirre 1884 Sweet Vermouth 3⁄4 ounce Hidalgo Napoleón Amontillado Sherry 1⁄2 ounce Cynar 1 pinch kosher salt 1 wide swath of orange peel 1 Kalamata olive 1 thin slice jamón Ibérico Combine...

Dusty Roads

BY ERIK LORINCZ — LONDON, ENGLAND 1 ounce Cocchi Americano Rosa 3⁄4 ounce Del Maguey Tobala 3 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 1⁄4 ounce lemon verbena cordial (recipe below) Roasted chapulines (grasshoppers), for garnish Combine all the ingredients, except the garnish, in a mixing glass filled with...

Quicksand

BY RYAN FITZGERALD — SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 1-1⁄2 ounces Del Maguey Vida Single Village Mezcal 3⁄4 ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao 3⁄4 ounce Maurin Quina 4 dashes orange bitters 1 wide swath of orange peel, for garnish  Combine all the ingredients, except the garnish, in...

The Brave

BY BOBBY HEUGEL — HOUSTON, TEXAS 1-1⁄4 ounces Del Maguey Chichicapa Single Village Mezcal 3⁄4 ounce blanco tequila (preferably from the Highlands) 1⁄2 ounce Averna Amaro 1⁄4 ounce Grand Marnier 3 mists Angostura bitters 1 wide swath of orange peel, for garnish  In a wineglass,...

La Vida Buena

BY STEVE OLSON — GLOBAL MEZCAL ADVOCATE 1-1⁄2 ounces Del Maguey Vida Single Village Mezcal 3⁄4 ounce Carpano Antica 3⁄4 ounce Aperol 3 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters 1 wide swath of orange peel, for garnish Combine all the ingredients, except the garnish, in a mixing...

SMF

We are honored this month to feature the SMF, a creation by Mickael Kernoa of La Mezcaleria in Paris. Each month we have the great pleasure of featuring another stellar drink recipe sent to us from our Del Maguey craft bartender family from around the...

Naked and Famous

BY JOAQUÍN SIMÓ — NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 3⁄4 ounce Del Maguey Chichicapa Single Village Mezcal 3⁄4 ounce Yellow Chartreuse Liqueur 3⁄4 ounce Aperol 3⁄4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until...