Ryan Fitzgerald of ABV in San Francisco shares four tipples created with the Mexican agave-based spirit

Mezcal expert Ryan Fitzgerald of ABV in San Francisco created waves earlier this month during his guest bartender stint at MO Bar – the venue’s first Masters of Mixology event of 2015. From March 17 to 20, guests sampled the agave-based spirit in a series of cocktails, which Fitzgerald shares for Hong Kong Tatler Dining readers to recreate at home.

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Penicillin #2

Ingredients

60ml Del Maguey Vida mezcal

30ml lemon juice

22ml ginger syrup*

15ml honey syrup, (1 part water 1 part honey)


*For the ginger syrup

1 part water

1 part sugar

2 parts thumb-sized unpeeled ginger

Blend all ingredients, then strain


Method

Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain over fresh ice in a double old fashioned glass.

 

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Ant River Swizzle

Ingredients

60ml Del Maguey Vida mezcal

30ml lime juice

15ml luxardo maraschino

15ml simple syrup

3 dashes absinthe


Method

Build in a Collins glass, add crushed ice until 3/4 full and stir. Fill with a mound of crushed ice and add a dash of peychauds bitters. Garnish with a mint sprig.

 

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Santa Teresa

Ingredients

60ml Del Maguey Vida mezcal

30ml lemon juice

15ml Campari

15ml creme de cassis

7ml simple syrup


Method

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

 

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Quicksand

Ingredients

60ml Del Maguey Vida mezcal

15ml Cointreau

15ml Cherry Heering

15ml Dolin rouge vermouth

3 dashes orange bitters 


Method

Mix all ingredients with ice and strain into a small cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

 

Photography by King Fung

 

 

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