Sunrise/Sunset
Ingredients
- 2 oz Mezcal Veras Reposado
- 1 oz lime juice
- .5 oz lemon juice
- ½ oz simple syrup
- 1" piece of ginger, peeled and cut into 3 slices
- ¼ oz grenadine
- Mint, garnish
Directions
Add ginger, lime juice, and simple syrup to cocktail shaker. Muddle ginger. Add mezcal, along with 3-4 ice cubes and shake for 15 seconds. Strain into highball. Fill glass to the top with crushed ice. Top with grenadine and garnish with mint. Serve with a bar straw.
Citrus Kombucha Mezcal
Ingredients
- 1 grapefruit, lime, and orange
- Honey or agave
- Coarse Salt
- 1/2 c Mezcal Veras Joven
- Your favorite kombucha – I like using ginger, citrus, a berry
- Optional sparkling water or club soda
- Mint and/or Basil
Directions
First, squeeze that fresh juice and mix together! Once you have your citrus fruit base (in a large container), then mix in mezcal and the honey or agave. Divide into individual glasses rimmed with salt. The amount of sweetener you add depends on the flavor of kombucha. Garnish with any herbs and citrus slices.
Mezcal Margarita
Ingredients
- 2 Jalapeño slices seeds removed
- Ice
- 1.5 oz Mezcal Veras Reposado
- 1.5 oz Triple Sec or other orange liqueur
- 1 oz lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Agave nectar
- Course salt
- Lime wheels and additional Jalapeño slices for garnish
Directions
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the Jalapeño slices, then add the ice, mezcal, triple sec, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake until frost starts to form on the cocktail shaker, about 30 seconds. Pour into the glass through a strainer and garnish with a lime wheel and a jalapeño slice.
