Mezcal, shaken
Mezcal Margarita
Barline 2,Q,Q,rS
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 2 oz Mezcal
- 3/4 oz Orange liqueur
- 3/4 oz Lime juice
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Rocks, salt rim.
Taste
Two ounces of mezcal against three-quarters each of orange liqueur and lime. The mezcal is the drink; the orange and lime are equal and small, peel and acid around smoke. Shaken, rocks, no ice, salt rim. Short, same pour as the Margarita, different bottle.
History
The Margarita's three ingredients take mezcal as readily as tequila. Difford's and later books print a Mezcal Margarita as the same sour with the agave swapped. This menu keeps the house Margarita's two ounces of spirit and three-quarters each of orange liqueur and lime, and it pours it in a salt-rimmed rocks glass with no ice, as the recipe that landed here specified.
Same shape, other bottles
The Daisy family, with the bottle that changed.
- Margaritatequila for mezcal
- Kamikazevodka for mezcal
- Ace of Clubsaged rum and crème de cacao for mezcal and orange liqueur
- Between the Sheetscognac, light rum, and lemon juice for mezcal and lime juice
- Elderflower Daiquirilight rum and elderflower liqueur for mezcal and orange liqueur
- Lemon Dropvodka and lemon juice for mezcal and lime juice
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.