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Photo of red mezcal cocktail in a coupe on a tiled table.
Photo by Emma Janzen

The intersection of tart lime, bitter orange, and maraschino brings mezcal from base note to supporting character in this memorable number from Phil Ward. Pink Floyd’s seminal album served as the cocktail's namesake, as the track list accompanied Ward during the homestretch of building out the bar at Mayahuel in New York. “One of my happy places was when, nearing completion, we would have lots and lots of wood to stain,” he says. “I’d stay there all by myself after everyone else was gone and drink beer, smoke a little, and listen to Pink Floyd while I stained the beams and such.”

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

1½ oz. mezcal, such as Del Maguey Vida
¾ oz. Aperol
½ oz. maraschino liqueur
¾ oz. fresh lime juice
1 grapefruit twist

Preparation

  1. Shake mezcal, Aperol, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice together with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Express the oils from a grapefruit peel over the top of the drink and discard.

Image of Mezcal cocktail book cover by Emma Janzen.
Excerpted from Mezcal © 2017 by Emma Janzen. Reprinted with permission of Voyageur Press. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesAperolAmaroLiqueurMezcalCookbooks

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