Are you a mezcal fan? This bold, smoky Mexican liquor has cocktail connoisseurs everywhere swooning. The agave-based spirit is great when it’s balanced into a mixed drink, but take care: too much and it can overpower the flavors! As cocktail experts with all the great cocktail recipes under our belt, we’ve tinkered with this smoky spirit to find our top mezcal cocktails to make at home. It’s stellar with lime and tequila as as a Mezcal Margarita, but it works just as well with ginger beer as a Mezcal Mule or tequila and bitters as the popular Mezcal Old Fashioned. Here are a few more great ideas on how to infuse mezcal into your favorite cocktails.
And now…the top mezcal cocktails to try!
More about mezcal
Want to grab a bottle for all these mezcal cocktails? Here’s a bit more about this smoky Mexican spirit and how it’s made: Ingredients: Mezcal, tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, Ingredients: Mezcal, tequila. grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, soda water Ingredients: Mezcal, sweet vermouth, Campari Ingredients: Tequila reposado, Mezcal, Agave syrup or honey, Angostura or chocolate bitters, orange peel Ingredients: Mezcal, Chartreuse, Aperol. lime juice Ingredients: Mezcal. tequila, lime juice, ginger beer Ingredients: Mezcal, lime juice, Cointreau (or Triple Sec), simple syrup, egg white, Angostura bitters Ingredients: Mezcal, Aperol, Maraschino liqueur, lime juice Ingredients: Tequila, mezcal, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Horseradish, Mexican hot sauce, celery salt, black pepper Ingredients: Rye whiskey, mezcal, sweet red vermouth, Angostura bitters, Luxardo cocktail cherry
Mezcal is a type of alcohol made from the agave plant (like tequila). Tequila is mezcal, but not all mezcal is tequila. Only one type of agave plant (blue agave) makes tequila, but mezcal can be made from 11 different varieties of agave. Read more at Mezcal vs Tequila. How is mezcal made? What gives mezcal its signature smoky flavor is cooking the agave in pits in the ground. It brings a depth and smokiness you don’t find in tequila. How much does mezcal cost? A bottle of mezcal on average costs between $20 and $40, but high end brands can cost much more. What’s the best mezcal to buy? Go to The Best Mezcal at Any Price.
More cocktail recipes
There are so many types of cocktail recipes to try! Here are some of our best drink collections:
Tequila Cocktails From the margarita to the paloma. Vodka Cocktails Try the greats like the Gimlet and Mule. Sour Cocktails All the very best sours: Whiskey Sour, Sidecar, Mojito and more. Cointreau Cocktails All the great drinks using this orange liqueur. Gin Cocktails All the classics: Gin Fizz, Tom Collins, Gin & Tonic, etc. Bourbon Cocktails Try these bourbon greats, like the Old Fashioned and Manhattan. Scotch Cocktails Unique mixed drinks using this Scottish whisky. Campari Cocktails Brilliant red cocktails starring this bitter liqueur.
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