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.
1.5oz 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
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