El Molino

Name: El Molino
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 8 ml Allspice Dram; 8 ml Crème de Cacao; 23 ml Palo Cortado Sherry

A stirred mezcal drink where smoke meets nutty Palo Cortado sherry, with allspice dram and crème de cacao adding warm spice and a little chocolate sweetness. Created by Jim Meehan at PDT in New York City in 2009.

Jim Meehan created El Molino at PDT in New York in 2009. The name is Spanish for "mill", the tool traditionally used to grind freshly roasted cocoa beans into chocolate.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Dry

Herbal

Smoky

Spicy

Strong