Deadbolt

Name: Deadbolt
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Orange Bitters; 38 ml Mezcal; 1 twst Grapefruit Peel; 15 ml Velvet Falernum; 15 ml Cynar 70; 38 ml Blended Scotch

A stirred drink on the rocks that pairs smoky mezcal with blended Scotch, with Cynar 70 bringing bitterness and Velvet Falernum a little sweetness and spice. Created by Joe Slavinski at Russell House Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2016.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky

Strong