Description
This mezcal Negroni is smoky, spicy, bitter, and subtly sweet. The complexity of flavors is (as I imagine based on my addiction to fantasy books) just like a vampire bite.
Ingredients
Vampire Bite Negroni
- 1 oz mezcal
- 1 oz Campari
- 1/2 oz sweet vermouth
- 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur*
- 1 oz tart cherry juice
- Orange peel
Instructions
Vampire Bite Negroni
- Fill a lowball glass with ice.
- Pour in all of the ingredients.
- Hold an orange over the cocktail and slice off a peel, allowing those oils to fall into the cocktail.
- Stir the cocktail with the orange peel, ensuring to run it around the rim of the glass as well.
- Garnish with a paper bat and enjoy! (Cocktail is best after about 10 minutes when some of the ice has melted).
Equipment
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*CHILE LIQUEUR – If you can’t get your hands on this, here’s how to mimic that spicy flavor. Place ice into your cocktail glass and sprinkle the top with some cayenne pepper or chile powder (or both). Then make the cocktail as is but sub the chile liqueur with more sweet vermouth. The liquids poured over the spices will naturally infuse that spicy flavor into the Negroni.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Stirred
- Cuisine: Italian
