squeaky wheel

1 oz Mezcal (Peloton de la Muerte)
1 oz Campari
3/4 oz St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur (3/8 oz each Kahlua + Mr. Black)
1/4 oz Amaretto (Disaronno)
2 dash Angostura Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice, and garnish with an orange twist.Two Wednesdays ago, I came across the recipe for the Squeaky Wheel in a 2019 Imbibe Magazine article as created by Nicholas Bennett at Cedric's at the Shed in Manhattan. Bennett was the beverage director at Cedric's in Hudson Yards concurrent with his time at Porchlight which are both under the umbrella of Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group. Since the idea of a mezcal-coffee Negroni has worked in the Sailor's Negroni, I was game to give this one a go with amaretto and Angostura Bitters in the mix. In the glass, the Squeaky Wheel opened up with orange, vegetal, coffee, and smoke aromas. Next, roast and almond notes on the sip flowed into smoky agave, roast, nutty, and clove flavors on the swallow.