#PINEAPPLE MEZCAL MARGARITA RECIPE MANUAL#

Fill the shaker halfway with ice and shake for about 30 seconds. Add the lime juice, orange liqueur, and mezcal.

In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle the mango, pineapple, fresh mint, and sugar cubes. So once you start identifying ingredients as booze vs sweet vs sour, you can do weird things like making a Manhattan with Icewine instead of Vermouth, or an Old Fashioned with Mezcal and an a chile-based bitter instead of Whiskey and aromatic bitters.Īnd once you've choked down a bad cocktail that you subbed good whiskey for cheap tequila you'll see that price matters, but only sometimes. Fill a low-ball or coupe glass with ice and let chill while you prepare the cocktail. Austin-based mixologist Brian Sandahl of Heavy Muddle combines the smoky flavor of mezcal, sweetness from lime and pineapple, to make the perfect drink for a hot summer day. If a bar has their own cocktail list it tends to be a classic cocktail with an ingredient swapped out. This cocktail, a spin on a classic Margarita, is easy to make and in our opinion, much more flavorful.

#PINEAPPLE MEZCAL MARGARITA RECIPE MANUAL#

More recent and reasonably priced books are the PDT Cocktail Book and the Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual which are both general how-tos along with recipe books from their respective bars - both among the finest and most well regarded in NYC.īut read enough recipes and you'll see the terrible truth: there's a billion established cocktail recipes, new classics and old standards both. Pineapple juice balances the smoke and spice in this twist on the classic. Add tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and a few ice cubes to a cocktail shaker. Fill a shallow bowl or plate with salt, then dip the rim until it is covered with your desired amount of salt. I don't recommend buying this since it's out of print, but my first cocktail book was the Williams-Sonoma Bar Guide - from an era when WS was more focused on quality and less focused on grifting suburban mothers. Run a lime wedge (the juicy part) around the top rim of your serving glass. Haha, most of my cocktail books are recipe books - though they all have an opening section on tips and essential tools and concepts.

Pineapple mezcal margarita recipe