Afternoon with the Padre ( A delicious summer cocktail! )

As promised, this next cocktail post is, in fact a cocktail post (albeit a little later than originally planned!).

This cocktail was originally developed for a Thursday Drink night, but I’ve been enjoying it over the past few weeks and thought I would share the recipe with y’all.

Summer is finally upon is, and what says summer better than tequila and lime  — with a bit of a twist!  This cocktail makes use of falernum (a tasty gingery, spicy, limey syrup that you can either buy or make — homemade is definitely worth it!).  The falernum shakes things up just a little bit, marrying well with the fresh, earthy notes of the reposado tequila.  I guess you could make this with Blanco tequila, but trust me here and use the Reposado!

You can make the basic recipe, which is delicious as-is, but there’s also a couple of mods along the way which will completely kick things up a notch — it’s all up to you!!!


Afternoon with the Padre

  • 1.5 oz. Reposado Tequila (I used Herradura, but El Jimador is also good at a lower price)
  • 0.5 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
  • 0.5 oz. Falernum
  • 1.0 oz. fresh lime

Shake with ice, strain over cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass

Mods:  If you really enjoy the spicy-clovey notes in the falernum you can add a couple of dashes of Jerry Thomas Decanter bitters.   To really bump up the smokiness, try floating 0.25 oz. Del Maguey Crema de Mezcal on top

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