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Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Agave based, stirred, served in a rocks glass.

Phil Ward, Death and Co, New York, 2007. The drink that put mezcal on cocktail menus.

Ingredients

Tequila reposado45 ml (1½ oz)
Mezcal15 ml (½ oz)
Agave syrup1 barspoon
Angostura bitters2 dashes

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Add everything to a mixing glass with plenty of ice.
  2. Stir until very cold, about 30 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with flamed orange peel.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Large cube
Garnish
Flamed orange peel
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