1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.75 oz Meletti Amaro Liqueur
0.5 oz Royal Combier Grande Liqueur
3 oz Modelo Negra beer
Ice
Lime peel, for garnish
In a mixing glass, combine Ilegal Mezcal Joven, Meletti Amaro Liqueur, and Royal Combier Grande Liqueur. Stir the ingredients in a mixing glass until the mixture is cold. Top the cocktail with Modelo Negra beer. Garnish the drink with a lime peel.
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.
3 Scoops Van Leeuwen Paloma Sorbet
1oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1oz Grapefruit Juice
1 Beer
Pour mezcal and grapefruit juice over the sorbet, and top off with beer (we use Tecate).
Ilegal Mezcal Joven is an ingredient in Van Leeuwen’s January flavor of the month, inspired by the Paloma cocktail.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Gilbert Marquez