1.5 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz grapefruit juice
4 oz grapefruit soda
Rim a tall glass with salt (or add a pinch to the cocktail). Add mezcal, lime juice, and soda, then ice. Top off with grapefruit juice and garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Add 1 cup of unsalted corn nuts to a blender and blend until the corn nuts are the consistency of course sea salt. Then mix into 5 cups of salt.
Add 3.5 oz vegan Achiote paste to 1 qt pineapple juice, and stir until dissolved.
2 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
1 oz achiote-infused pineapple juice
1 oz lime juice
0.5 oz agave nectar
Tortilla salt rim
Shake and strain into a glass rimmed with tortilla salt. Garnish with pineapple leaves.
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.
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 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.
1.5oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.5oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
0.5oz Fresh Lime
4oz Tonic
Rim a tall glass with salt or add a pinch to the cocktail. Build in glass. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Signature Ilegal Mezcal Cocktail by Team Ilegal
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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