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Strawberry Mezcalita

Townline BBQ's Strawberry Mezcalita

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Prep Time 3 days
Cook Time 1 minute
Servings: 1 cocktail
Course: Drinks
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 oz Dos Hombres mezcal
  • 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 oz strawberry shrub (recipe below)
  • 1/4 oz velvet falernum
  • 1/4 oz Stirrings triple sec
  • 1 oz BBQ dry rub or Tajin (for the rim)

Method
 

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the mezcal, lime juice, shrub, velvet farlernum and triple sec.
  2. Shake well, for at least 10 to 15 seconds.
  3. Use the squeezed out lime to wet the rim of a rocks or double-old-fashioned glass. Sprinkle the BBQ rub or Tajin into a flat dish, and gently dip the edges of the glass in the mixture until the rim is coated.
  4. Add ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. Cheers!
Strawberry Shrub
  1. Wash, hull and halve 1 pound of strawberries and add into a medium-large glass bowl.
  2. Add a half pound of granulated white sugar, 1 ounce Champagne vinegar and 2 1/2 ounces apple cider vinegar to the strawberries. Stir well, cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
  3. Macerate overnight or up to 3 days, stirring occasionally.
  4. Puree in a food processor or blender and strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Refrigerate for up to a week or freeze.