Agave Sunset
As promised in our previous blog post we are using this post to give you our Mezcal version of the Penicillin Cocktail. A key ingredient in our Penicillin No. 2 was homemade Orange Honey Simple Syrup. A batch of simple syrup will keep for a couple of weeks, so once it’s made we like to experiment and create a couple of different cocktails so that we use it before it expires.
A Penicillin Cocktail features peaty Scotch along with lemon, honey and ginger. We were quite pleased with our version using the orange-honey syrup and thought another riff using Mezcal to replace the smoky Scotch could be interesting. We tried it with and without ginger liqueur, and with lime in place of lemon juice, but in the end the recipe that our taste testing team preferred the one that had fresh lemon juice and orange liqueur. We also cut the Mezcal a bit and replaced it with another agave spirit – silver tequila.
We are calling this one the “Agave Sunset” and have paired it with a Cocktail Artist original watercolor titled Sunset on the Bay. This cocktail should warm you right up on a winter day, although we will likely be drinking these (as an alternative to a Margarita) on a summer day.
Cheers!
Agave Sunset
1½ ounces Mezcal (Fidencio Clasico)
½ ounce Silver Tequilla (ArteNom Seleccion 1549)
½ ounce Orange Liqueur (Vitae Spirits Orange Liqueur)*
½ ounce Orange Honey Simple Syrup (recipe below)
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a goblet or an Old Fashioned glass with an large ice cube. Garnish with an orange slice.
*We have also mixed this using Ginger Liqueur in place of the Orange Liqueur.
Orange Honey Simple Syrup
½ cup water
½ cup orange blossom honey
Peel from one medium-sized navel orange – chopped, no pith)
½ cup orange blossom honey
Peel from one medium-sized navel orange – chopped, no pith)
Juice from half of orange
Combine ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon of vodka (as a preservative). Cool to room temperature and then strain it through a fine strainer into a bottle or jar. Will keep if refrigerated for 3 weeks.
Combine ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon of vodka (as a preservative). Cool to room temperature and then strain it through a fine strainer into a bottle or jar. Will keep if refrigerated for 3 weeks.
 |
| Sunset on the Bay - original watercolor by The Cocktail Artist |
