Mexican Firing Squad

Adapted from St. Mazie | Brooklyn, NY

photo: Daniel Krieger
mexican firing squad cocktail recipe

The Mexican Firing Squad is one of the many cocktails documented by world traveler, cocktail writer and historian Charles H. Baker. The drink is recorded in his Gentleman’s Companion, Volume II: Jigger, Beaker and Flask, as having been discovered at the La Cucaracha Bar in Mexico City in 1937. A dry formula, the Firing Squad is almost a rickey with the addition of grenadine to sweeten only slightly. Some modern versions include the addition of soda to create a longer, cooling drink.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces tequila
  • 2 ounces tequila
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce grenadine
  • 3/4 ounce grenadine
  • 5 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 5 dashes Angostura bitters

Garnish: lime wheel

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake until chilled.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Tagged: Charles H. Baker, Gentleman's Companion, grenadine, St. Mazie, tequila

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