Mezcal, stirred
El Camino
Barline 1,1,h,4,Ro
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 oz Mezcal
- 1 oz Rye
- 1/2 oz Bénédictine
- 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
Stir with ice until cold, then strain.
Rocks, iced, orange twist.
Taste
Equal ounces of mezcal and rye, so smoke and pepper share the glass. Half an ounce of Bénédictine is honey and baking spice. Four dashes of Peychaud's pull anise and cherry through both spirits. Stirred, rocks with ice, orange twist.
History
The El Camino is the house cocktail of the Chestnut Club in Santa Monica, on the list since the bar opened in 2014. Imbibe printed the spec: equal mezcal and rye, half an ounce of Bénédictine, four dashes of Peychaud's, over a large cube with an orange twist. It drinks as a split-base Fancy, smoke against rye heat, the liqueur in the sugar slot. It is poured here exactly as Imbibe printed it.
Same shape, other bottles
The Fancy family, with the bottle that changed.
- Alaskagin and Chartreuse for mezcal, rye, and Bénédictine
- Casinogin and maraschino liqueur for mezcal, rye, and Bénédictine
- Fancy Freebourbon and maraschino liqueur for mezcal, rye, and Bénédictine
- Monte CarloAngostura for Peychaud's
- One Chance Fancytequila and orange liqueur for mezcal, rye, and Bénédictine
- Fancy Cocktailbourbon and orange liqueur for mezcal, rye, and Bénédictine
This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.