overtime

3/4 oz Mezcal (Peloton de la Muerte)
3/4 oz Amaro Ramazzotti
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Ginger Syrup

Shake with ice, strain into a cocktail coupe, and garnish with a lime wedge (omit). Two Thursdays ago, I reached for my copy of the The Madrusan Cocktail Companion and honed in on the Overtime by Anthony Jayasekera at Bar Tobalá in Melborne circa 2023. It reminded me of the Mosquito and Dragonfly but with another bitter liqueur and lime instead of lemon. With Ramazzotti, I realized that it had the Maserati (mezcal-Ramazzotti duo) as its base, and that pairing has worked great in other recipes such as The Great Satan, There is no Spoon, and El Nacional. In the glass, the Overtime racked up a root beer, vegetal, and smoke aroma. Next, lime and caramel on the sip opened up into smoky vegetal, root beer, and ginger flavors on the swallow.