The Story Behind The Derrumbes Oaxacan Old Fashioned

Take a break from winter with this riff on the Old Fashioned, featuring Mezcal Derrumbes Oaxaca — a blend of the Espadín and Tobalá agave varieties. Add mole bitters and agave nectar, then serve in an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with an orange peel — and pretend you're sitting and sipping under the Mexican sun.

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Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Mezcal Derrumbes Oaxaca
  • ½ ounce agave nectar
  • 2-3 dashes of mole bitters
  • Garnish: orange peel

Directions

  1. Add ingredients into an ice filled mixing glass.
  2. Stir to combine and chill.
  3. Strain into a double old fashioned rocks glass containing a rock of ice.
  4. Garnish with an expressed orange peel.

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Updated: 2024-12-29

The Derrumbes Oaxacan Old Fashioned

This recipe is sponsored by Spirit of Gallo.