Leanne Favre’s Oaxaca Old-Fashioned

Leanne Favre | Brooklyn, New York

In her take on the modern classic, Leanne Favre hews closely to Phil Ward’s original recipe, simply splitting the tequila quotient between two brands and adding a dash each of mole bitters and saline solution. At a blind tasting of Oaxaca Old-Fashioneds, Ward complemented the drink as “the best representation of the original.”

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila, preferably equal parts Siete Leguas and Calle 23
  • 1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila, preferably equal parts Siete Leguas and Calle 23
  • 3/4 ounce mezcal, preferably Del Maguey Chichicapa
  • 3/4 ounce mezcal, preferably Del Maguey Chichicapa
  • scant teaspoon amber blue agave nectar
  • scant teaspoon amber blue agave nectar
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 dash mole bitters
  • 1 dash mole bitters
  • 1 dash 10% saline solution
  • 1 dash 10% saline solution

Garnish: flamed, expressed orange twist

Directions
  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
  2. Add ice and stir until chilled.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube.
  4. Express oil from an orange twist over the drink, then flame the twist and use to garnish.