This is a weird one. I was feeling experimental today, made one drink that went straight down the drain (fresh OJ & lemon, vodka, absinthe, St. Germaine, don’t ask) but this I am enjoying, tart, smoky, bitter. Sort of a margarita variation.

1.5oz blanco tequila

.5 each of

Tawny port

Mezcal

Aperol

Lemon juice

Shaken with not too much ice, served over big ice. I think next time no lemon (port tart enough), stir not shake and crushed ice, but the flavors are working.

Sorry for the fuzzy picture, the cat says hi!

And does anyone have a good absinthe orange flavor cocktail? I don’t think the fresh juice works with it.

  • streetfestivalEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    I LOVE the mid-stride kitty. It’s like if you were at a restaurant, taking a pic of your drink, and caught a passerby like someone walking on the sidewalk, in the photo

  • Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    3 months ago

    Theres got to be a good Old World mixing with New World name. There’s plenty of Mexican-Italian links and Mexican-Portuguese links, but I don’t have it in me to link all three origins of the main ingredients.

  • yeehaw
    1·
    3 months ago

    At a glance I thought it was almost a negroni.

    • RBWells@lemmy.worldOPM
      2·
      3 months ago

      I strongly considered Campari instead of Aperol but Aperol was right, it was a bridge between the Mezcal and port and the overall effect was bitter enough for a good after supper drink.