Nostalgia in a glass, inspired by Mercedes Castro’s Mexican anthem
1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5 oz lime
0.75 oz agave nectar
0.75 oz grapefruit
2 oz IPA beer
Add all ingredients to tin and whip. Shake with 2 ice cubes and dump into a beer glass with salt rim and fill with ice. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
Add 2 sticks of Mexican cinnamon to one 750 ml bottle of Ilegal Mezcal #Reposado and let sit for 6 hours
Add 1 cup of sugar to 1 cup of guava juice. Bring to a boil and boil until sugar is dissolved. Let cool.
2 oz cinnamon-infused Ilegal Reposado
3/4 oz guava syrup
3/4 oz fresh lime
Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake vigorously until chilled and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with grated cinnamon.
3 cups water
1 cup milk or alternative milk
1 bar chocolate (Ibarra)
/ Add ingredients to a pot and bring to a boil. Let boil until chocolate dissolves and let cool.
1.5 oz Ilegal Joven or Reposado
0.5 oz Ancho chili liqueur
2 oz hot chocolate mix
0.5 oz agave nectar
1 dash Angostura bitters
/ To coffee mug: add Ilegal Mezcal, agave, chili liqueur and bitters, fill with chocolate mix and garnish with cinnamon stick.
2 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
2 slices of Poblano pepper
1 oz lime juice
0.5 oz agave nectar
Chipotle salt:
3 tsp chipotle en adobo purée
1 cup kosher salt
/ Mix Chipotle salt ingredients together and let dry.
Add ingredients to shaker and shake. Strain into stemmed glass with chipotle salt rim. Garnish with a Poblano slice.
1.5 cups Ilegal Reposado
1 gal apple cider
1 large orange, cut into 0.25″ slices
3 cinnamon sticks
4 star anise
1 tbsp whole cloves
1 tbsp whole allspice
1 in ginger root, sliced
/ Add all the ingredients (except mezcal) to a pot. Turn heat on low until warmed through, about 30 minutes. Add Ilegal Mezcal and serve. Makes 12.
Light, bright, crushable mezcal cocktails you can try at home. Jello Shots ↓
1.25 cups orange juice
1 packet unflavored gelatin
0.75 cups Ilegal Joven
1 sprinkle Tajín
– Add orange juice to a pot and bring to boil
– Add packet of unflavored gelatin and stir until dissolved
– Add Ilegal Mezcal Joven
– Let cool
– Pour into shot glasses and add tajín
– Refrigerate
More mezcal cocktails and recipes
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1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1 Bottle Soda Water
/ Remove 1.5 oz from a bottle of soda water and replace with Ilegal Mezcal. Garnish with a grapefruit twist or slice.
1.5 oz Ilegal Joven
0.75 oz orange juice
0.5 oz lime
/ Rim glass of cantarito with sal de gusano and ingredients and ice. Top off with grapefruit soda and a pinch of sal de gusano (worm salt)
2oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.75oz Lime Juice
0.75oz Orgeat Simple Syrup
5 Berries of Choice
6 Drops Angostura Bitters
*Orgeat syrup is made from almonds, sugar, and floral water. Available at most liquor stores.
Put all ingredients into rocks glass. Muddle and fill with crushed ice, shake. Add 6 drops Angostura bitters.
2oz Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
0.5oz Maple Syrup
5 Dashes Angostura bitters
An Ilegal take on a Oaxacan Old Fashioned.
Add all ingredients in mixing glass.
Stir with ice until chilled. Serve in a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with citrus.
