bucking the tiger

1 oz Mezcal (Fosforo Ensemble)
1 oz Cognac (Courvoisier VS)
1 oz Pineapple Juice
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Passion Fruit Syrup
1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup

Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with mint sprigs and a smoldering cinnamon stick.Two Thursdays ago, I became inspired by the Samson Swizzle, so I mashed up the Luka's Grogg with the Gilda to arrive at the passion fruit-cinnamon combination, and I utilized the spirit duo from the 1910 Cocktail. For a name, I dubbed this one Bucking the Tiger named after slang for playing a risky move in the gambling game Faro that I learned about in Herbert Asbury's The French Quarter book about New Orleans. Here, it donated mint, cinnamon, and smoke aromas to the nose. Next, pineapple, lime, and passion fruit notes on the sip evolved into rich Cognac, smoky vegetal, passion fruit, and cinnamon flavors on the swallow.