Wednesday, November 30, 2022

full disclosure

1 1/2 oz Del Maguey Mezcal Vida
1/2 oz Giffard Rhubarb Liqueur
1 oz Don's Mix (2/3 oz Grapefruit Juice + 1/3 oz Cinnamon Syrup)
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1 dash Bitter Truth Aromatic Bitters

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a grapefruit twist (omitted here). Recipe sourced from the Welcome Home book.
On Thursday night of Portland Cocktail Week, there a Death & Co. pop-up featuring recipes from their Welcome Home book at Deadshot. After perusing their list, I selected the Full Disclosure due to my lack of rhubarb liqueur at home, and it came across like a mezcal-rhubarb Donga Punch riff. This 2019 Matthew Belanger drink began with smoke, vegetal, and fruity aromas. Next, lime, grapefruit, and rhubarb notes on the sip flowed into vegetal, smoky, and cinnamon flavors on the swallow.

5 comments:

Greg Logan said...

Not that I have any idea but "Vida".... surely there are better quality Mezcals...🙂

frederic said...

There are better quality mezcals for sipping, definitely. But Vida is fine for mixing.

Greg Logan said...

I understand and appreciate your point and maybe I had a particularly bad example but I tend to think better quality material makes a better quality cocktail...

My experience was definitely less than satisfactory... I would at least use the basic Bozal

frederic said...

Death & Co. chose the brand for their book and Del Maguey was generous to sponsor the event. Why don't you inquire with Death & Co. since I can't provide their reasons.

Greg Logan said...

Interesting- thanks!