Toasted Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Oaxaca Old Fashioned but make it … fall 😏 I was really in the mood for something toasty and smokey to kick off the first day of the new season, and I’m tellin’ ya, this one HITS.

Ingredients:

  • ¾ oz toasted orange syrup (recipe below)

  • 2 dashes aromatic bitters

  • 1 oz mezcal

  • 1½ oz tequila reposado

  • orange bitters * to spritz

  • garnish: brûléed orange slice

Directions:

Add syrup, aromatic bitters, mezcal, and tequila into a cocktail mixing glass. Add ice and stir for approximately thirty seconds (dilution is key to perfecting this cocktail!). Spritz (or rinse a few dashes) a chilled rocks glass with orange bitters. Strain contents of mixing glass into rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with a brûléed orange wedge.

TOASTED ORANGE SYRUP

Ingredients:

  • zest of one orange (in strips)

  • ½ cup cane sugar

  • ½ cup water

Directions:

Peel an orange and try to remove most of the pith. Add to a dry, small pot and toast on medium low until the peels start to brown along the edges and curl. Add ½ cup of cane sugar, and toast for another minute. Add ½ cup water and allow sugar to dissolve. Let syrup cool completely, strain out the orange peels, and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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