Employees Only’s Mezcal Margarita
The New York bar’s signature, smoky serve.
- story: Bianca Prum
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Show Me State
Robert Sachse's Show Me State began life as a riff on the Jungle Bird, and ended up as a citrus driven, smoky, frozen cocktail all of its own.
- story: Liz Lucking
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Once Over #2
With a name inspired by an '80s punk rock song The Once Over #2 is the frozen, boozy blend of Aperol and tequila.
- story: Liz Lucking
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Arrowhead Limited
A "mezcal Negroni" topped with IPA for an equally smoky, bitter and refreshing long drink.
- story: joanna_h
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Matthew Belanger’s Margaladaoma
Death & Co.' Matthew Belanger's super-sized mashup of a Margarita, Paloma and a Michelada.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Mexico, ME
A tequila Old-Fashioned spiked with mezcal and coffee-flavored brandy.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Moloko Plus
In Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel, A Clockwork Orange, the Korova Milk Bar dispenses drinks to make one shiver, namely the barbituate-infused Moloko Plus.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: Sayada Ramdial