Agave Based

Question 1

Margarita

Answer 1

1.75 oz tequila blanco
1 oz lime juice
.5 oz pierre ferrand dry curaçao
.25 oz honey or agave syrup

For spicy, add 3 dashes of cayenne tincture or 3 whole muddled chili peppers.

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin, shake with kd and “dirty dump” into pink peppercorn salt-rimmed rocks glass, garnish with lime wheel (fresh or dehydrated)

Question 2

El Diablo

Answer 2

1.5 oz tequila blanco
.25 oz combier cassis
.5 oz honey-ginger syrup
.5 oz lime juice
Top with sparkling water

Build: build tequila, ginger-syrup, lime, in shaker tin, shake with 3 kd cubes and strain into Collins glass with kd ice and sparkling water, float cassis on top, garnish with lime wheel with cherry skewered through.

Question 3

Naked and Famous

Answer 3

.75 oz mezcal
.75 oz yellow chartreuse
.75 oz aperol
.75 oz lime juice

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin, shake with kd ice, and strain into a nick and nora glass served up, garnish with half an orange slice dipped in salt and lay down flat on rim of glass.

Question 4

Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Answer 4

1 oz mezcal
1 oz tequila 
Barspoon agave syrup or cinnamon syrup
5 dashes mole bitters
Pinch of salt

Build: build ingredients in rocks glass and stir 20-25 rotations with kd ice, garnish with flamed orange coin or grapefruit twist.

Question 5

Paloma

Answer 5

2 oz tequila
.25 oz pamplemousse rose liqueur
1 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz simple syrup
.5 oz lime juice
Top with sparkling water
Salt rim optional

Build: build ingredients in shaker tin, short-shake with 3 kd cubes and strain into Collins glass, fill with sparkling water and kd ice, garnish with a long fancy grapefruit twist.

Question 6

Siesta

Answer 6

1.5 oz tequila blanco
.5 oz campari
.5 oz grapefruit
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup (or cinnamon syrup, if you nasty)
4 dashes mole bitters