Shine A Little Love

A refreshing, yet snappy riff on a Dark’n’Stormy with agave spirits and an amaro float for cutting through the winter blahs 🌵 🌞🍹
The agave and citrus zest notes in the reposado tequila and the tropical fruit and subtle smoke notes in the mezcal provide a solid base that allows the tart lime and zippy ginger bite from the syrup and beer to shine. The dash of bitters helps bring some complementary grapefruit zest and hibiscus that brighten things up while the float of Cynar gives a refreshing and bittersweet finish that leaves you wanting more
1 oz Reposado Tequila (El Tesoro, Arette, Siembre Valles, etc)
.5 oz Crema de Mezcal (Del Maguey or you can mix equal parts Espadin Mezcal and agave syrup)
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
.5 oz Ginger Syrup (juice 1 knob of ginger and measure liquid volume; add 2 volumes of granulated sugar to 1 volume ginger juice and blend until uniform).
1 dash Bittercube Jamaican Bitters #2
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled Collins glass with ice cubes. Top with 1.5 oz Ginger Beer and float .5 oz Cynar. Garnish with a swizzle stick or cocktail umbrella
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