Gun Metal Blue

The Gun Metal Blue is a strikingly vibrant cocktail that proves far more serious and complex than its playful color suggests. This mezcal-based Margarita riff brilliantly balances its smoky foundation with the fruity notes of peach liqueur and blue curaçao, warming cinnamon syrup, and a delicate, earthy bitterness from gentian liqueur. Shaken with fresh lime juice and served up in a chilled coupe, it is elegantly finished with an expressed orange zest coin.

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

• 15 ml Bols Blue Curaçao

• 22.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

• 7.5 ml Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne liqueur

• 10 ml Cinnamon syrup

• 2.5 ml Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)

Instructions:

• Select and pre-chill a coupe glass

• Prepare a garnish of orange zest twist (coin-sized).

• Shake all ingredients with ice.

• Strain into a chilled glass.

• Express orange zest twist over the cocktail and float as garnish.

Attribution:
Recipe: Mike Shain and Nicholas Bennett at Porchlight in New York City
Photo: Difford’s Guide
Origin: Difford’s Guide