Jersey's Best Dancers

Created in 2017 by Charlie Martin at Eclipse Restaurant in St. Louis, Jersey's Best Dancers is an equal-parts Negroni riff deliberately designed to showcase the synergy between agave and gentian. This dry, spirituous apéritif stirs together pure mezcal, Suze, and dry vermouth, finished with an expressed orange twist. The resulting flavor profile perfectly balances the spirit's earthy woodsmoke with the intense, root-forward bitterness of the liqueur.

Ingredients:

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

• 30 ml Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal

• 30 ml Strucchi Dry Vermouth

Instructions:

• Select and pre-chill an old-fashioned glass

• Prepare a garnish of orange zest twist.

• Stir all ingredients with ice.

• Strain into an ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

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

Attribution:
Recipe: Charlie Martin at Eclipse Restaurant, Saint Louis, USA
Photo: Difford’s Guide
Origin: Difford’s Guide