Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Ilegal Cadillac Margarita ↓
Add to shaker:
0.75 oz fresh orange juice
0.75 oz Grand Marnier
1.5 oz Ilegal Reposado
Juice of one lime
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Rocko builds the ‘Forgtmenot’ with Ilegal Mezcal at Ponyboy in Brooklyn, NY. Recipe ↓
1.75 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.75 oz lime juice
0.75 oz watermelon juice
0.25 oz ginger syrup
Splash of aquafaba
Matcha salt (matcha powder + salt)
Rim a rocks glass with matcha salt. Add remaining ingredients to shaker and shake. Pour over ice.
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Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Ponche Ilegal ↓
6 cups water
1 cone piloncillo
6 guava
0.5oz Tejocotes (Mexican hawthorn)
1 apple
1 handful of cranberries
3 cinnamon sticks
Add everything to a pot and boil on medium heat for 10 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups of Ilegal Joven.
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Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Margarita de Granada ↓
2oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1oz lime
1oz agave syrup
0.5oz pomegranate juice
Pomegranate seeds and lime wheel
Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a shaker, shake until chilled and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheel.
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1 bottle of Ilegal Mezcal Joven 750ml
8oz lime
8oz agave syrup
6oz pomegranate juice
Pomegranate seeds and 6 lime wheels
Add mezcal, lime, agave syrup and pomegranate juice to a pitcher with light ice, stir until chilled.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and lime wheels.
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A riff on the sweet classic Grasshopper cocktail. Legend has it the drink was invented in 1918 at Tujague’s Restaurant in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Add to shaker:
1oz crema de menth
1oz cream
1oz crema de cacao
1oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
Shake until chilled and strain into stemmed glass
Garnish with Mexican chocolate
A carajillo is a sweet & easy to prepare Spanish & Mexican classic with Espresso & Licor43.
Add to shaker:
2oz espresso (or very strong coffee), cooled slightly
1.5oz Licor 43
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
Shake until chilled and strain into glass with fresh ice
Garnish with orange twist
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1.5oz Cucumber Juice
.75oz Simple Syrup
.5oz Ancho Reyes
.5oz Fresh Lime
Build all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain over fresh ice and garnish with a cucumber sliver.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Carlos Abeyta
.75oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
.75oz Triple Sec
.75oz Aperol
.75oz LimeJuice
Lemon Peel Garnish
Build all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain up into coupe or Nick and Nora glass and finish with lime zest.
Mezcal riff on the classic Paper Airplane cocktail
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
.50oz Lime Juice
1oz Lemon Simple Syrup (or regular simple syrup)
1oz Peach Puree
Lime Wheel Garnish
Build all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain over fresh ice with dehydrated lime wheel or lemon zest garnish.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Carlos Abeyta
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
.75oz Lime Juice
.75oz Pineapple Juice
.50oz Agave Syrup
3 slices of cucumber muddled
Build all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain over fresh ice with no garnish
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Gilberto Marquez
