Colossal Youth

Name: Colossal Youth
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp Angostura Bitters; 45 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Campari; 8 ml Crème de Cacao; 15 ml Sloe Gin; 15 ml Jamaican Rum

Created by Rafa García Febles in NYC in 2013. Smoky mezcal and bitter Campari are stirred with Jamaican rum, sloe gin, crème de cacao and Angostura bitters in a rocks glass.

Similar names: Youth & Treachery

Rafa García Febles of New York created Colossal Youth in 2013 as a twist on the Transatlantic Giant, made for MxMo LXXV: Flip Flop!. Bourbon takes the place of mezcal and Cynar that of Campari, while mole bitters stand in for the crème de cacao and part of the Angostura.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky

Strong