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rather cavalier cocktail recipe
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Rather Cavalier

Mezcal complements dry vermouth and pamplemousse in this minimalist stirred cocktail.

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Smoking Jacket

The Smoking Jacket, which combines Averna with mezcal, brings to mind a deconstructed White Russian.

  • story: Frances Yackel
  • photo: Shannon Sturgis
Oaxaca Mezcal Bars
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This Is How You Drink Through Oaxaca

Oaxaca is the only place on earth where it’s possible to taste the true depth and diversity of mezcal. Here’s how to make the most of it in just 48…

  • story: Michael Snyder
  • photos: Felipe Luna
Mezcalifornia
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Welcome to Mezcalifornia

The growers and distillers determined to make great mezcal—in California.

  • story: Bryce T. Bauer
  • photos: Craig Reynolds
Sarah Morrissey spicy margarita
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I’m on Fire

A Cholula-spiked take on the mezcal Margarita.

sarah morrissey old fashioned
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Deacon Blues

Mezcal and bourbon are tied together by a homemade black pepper-vanilla syrup.

lalo mezcal oaxaca
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Getting Lost in Minas; Or, How to Love Mezcal

Thad Vogler learns that to truly understand mezcal, you have to surrender to it.

  • story: Thad Vogler
  • illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
1910 cocktail
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1910

This mezcal- and Cognac-based spin on the Manhattan takes its name from the year of the Mexican Revolution.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Simon Simard
Best Spirits Under 50
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This Year’s Top 12 Spirits Under $50

The top vote-getters from our series of spirit tastings this year.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Valeria Alonzo
johann goes to mexico cocktail recipe
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Johann Goes to Mexico

This mezcal spin on the Trinidad Sour that calls for a full half-ounce of Angostura bitters.

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