Meaning ‘grass’, Malinalli is the day in the Aztec Calendar associated with rejuvenation and tenacity.
1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5 oz Green Chartreuse
0.75 oz pineapple juice
0.5 oz lime juice
Rosemary sprig
Combine and shake vigorously. Double strain the cocktail into a glass to remove any ice and solids. Garnish the drink with a fresh rosemary sprig.
2 oz vanilla-infused Ilegal Mezcal Reposado*
4 oz strawberry agua fresca**
Ice
In a glass, pour 2 oz of vanilla-infused Ilegal Mezcal Reposado*. Add 4 oz of agua fresca to the glass. Top off the glass with ice. Stir gently and garnish with a strawberry or lime wheel.
0.25 oz vanilla extract
10 oz Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
Combine in a sealable container and gently shake to thoroughly mix. Infuse for 3-5 days in a cool, dark place, shaking gently once a day. Strain to remove any sediment and transfer to a clean bottle or container for storage.
6 hulled strawberries
1 cup milk
1 can (14.5 oz) sweetened condensed milk
Blend the ingredients until smooth and well combined. If desired, strain the mixture to remove any strawberry seeds or pulp. Serve the blended mixture immediately or refrigerate for later use.
1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
1.5 oz almond milk (or horchata)
0.25 oz Licor 43
0.5 oz agave nectar
1 dash cinnamon powder
Add all ingredients to a blender with 2 cups of ice and blend until smooth. Pour contents into a collins glass and garnish with cinnamon.
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.
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.
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.
1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5 oz Hot Honey
0.75 oz Lime
Add ingredients to shaker and shake. Strain into stemmed glass/coupe. Garnish with dehydrated lemon.
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Ricky builds his specialty Lulo Margarita with Ilegal Mezcal at Broken Shaker in Miami, FL. Recipe ↓
Add to shaker:
1 oz Lulo Syrup
1 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Ilegal Joven
To make Lulo Syrup, add Lulo fruit pulp to your agave syrup equal parts. Modify to taste.
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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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