Dark Entries

Name: Dark Entries
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Aperol; 15 ml Amaro; 30 ml Rhum Agricole

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Stir Mezcal, Rhum Agricole, Amaro, Aperol with ice. Strain into a coupe.

While searching for the perfect rabarbaro recipe, I decided to tweak the Knife to a Gun Fight cocktail. By blending Sfumato with Aperol and pairing it with a mezcal-agricole base, I created something unique. After sharing my second iteration on Instagram, Jake Parrott from Haus Alpenz mentioned that a 50:50 mix of rabarbaro and red bitter is a traditional café drink in the Veneto region, often called "mezzo-mezzo." Inspired by the cocktail's smoky and roasted flavors, I named it Dark Entries after Bauhaus’s 1980 track.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Smoky

Warm