Cocktail recipe

Oaxaca Old Fashioned

A stirred cocktail featuring Tequila Reposado, Mezcal, Agave Syrup.

Oaxaca Old Fashioned cocktail

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Tequila Reposado
  • 15 ml Mezcal
  • 7.5 ml Agave Syrup
  • 2 dash Mole Bitters

Method

  1. Add the tequila, mezcal, agave syrup, and bitters to a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
  2. Stir until chilled.
  3. Optional garnish: express an orange peel over the surface. For a flamed peel, briefly warm its skin side with a lit match, squeeze its oils through the flame above the drink, then extinguish the match.
  4. Optional garnish: orange twist.

Story

Phil Ward's 2007 drink at Death & Co put agave in an Old Fashioned, reposado tequila with a little mezcal, and helped start the mezcal wave in American bars.