Oaxacan Lady

Name: Oaxacan Lady
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 23 ml Bénédictine; 23 ml Mezcal; 23 ml Lime Juice; 23 ml Amaro Montenegro

Mezcal, lime, Amaro Montenegro and Bénédictine in equal parts, shaken with Angostura. Smoky, sharp and herbal, with a bittersweet middle. By Frederic Yarm, 2024.

The Oaxacan Lady is Frederic Yarm's 2024 variation on the Spanish Lady from Eastern Standard. The creator found the Montenegro too assertive in the original and swapped the light rum for smoky mezcal to even it out, a pairing backed up by the M&M shooter of mezcal and Montenegro. Lime juice and molé bitters also replace the lemon juice and Angostura bitters.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky