Eclipse Cocktail
Recipe:
- 60ml anejo tequila
- 22.5ml Aperol
- 22.5ml Cherry Heering
- 22.5ml fresh lemon juice
- (rinse with) smokey mezcal
Shake everything except the mezcal on ice until sufficiently chilled, strain into a prechilled and mezcal-rinsed cocktail glass, garnish with a lemon twist/dried lemon wheel.
A savoury tequila drink packed with flavor. Interestingly, Diffordsguide shows the drink served on ice with mezcal float, which I don't find particularly fitting since it really doesn't require any further dilution. The PDT variant of the drink by Leo Robitschek (from one of my top 5 bars worldwide, TheNoMad in NYC) comes straight up in a rinsed coupe. Smoke, nice oak and cooked agave from your anejo tequila of choice, nuttiness, cherry with cherry pits, the Aperol works more as a glue and link between the heering and tequila. It smooths out the strong flavors and brings some freshness.
A bonus recommendation would be 4-5 drops of Bittermen's Hellfire Habanero Shrub, I think that needs no explaining.
Source: “The PDT Cocktail Book” by Jim Meehan, p. 113
