Oaxaca Old Fashioned
45 ml Mezcal, 15 ml Tequila blanco, 7.5 ml Agave syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 Orange twist
Naked and Famous
Mezcal, Aperol, Chartreuse and lime - equal parts of loud.
Modern Classic
Medium
4 min
Photo: Naked and Famous cocktail by Rascalisimo · CC BY 4.0 · All credits
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 12 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 270 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 270 ml line. Mezcal
- 270 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 270 ml line. Aperol
- 270 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 270 ml line. Yellow Chartreuse
- 270 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 270 ml line. Lime juice
- 12 wheels Lime (optional)
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Quick version
- Shake equal parts of everything with ice and strain into a coupe.
Method
Batch (12 drinks)Batch (12 drinks) - about 1.1 l of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- Chill a coupe.
- Put the mezcal, Aperol, yellow Chartreuse and lime juice in a shaker with ice.
- Shake hard for 12 seconds, then double strain into the coupe.
- Float a thin wheel of lime on top.
Serve it
Volumes in this story are multiplied for the size above, along with the ingredients. Years, ratios and the capacities of glasses and jugs are left as written.
Naked and Famous
Joaquín Simó made this at Death & Co in 2011, and it is a deliberate descendant of the Last Word: four equal parts, sharp citrus, and two herbal liqueurs going at each other. Where the Last Word is green and juniper-bright, this one is yellow, smoky and softer, and it has the same habit of becoming somebody's favourite drink after one sip.
Getting it right
Equal parts only works if the parts are right, so this is the drink to buy yellow Chartreuse for - green Chartreuse is stronger, greener and will fight the Aperol. The mezcal wants to be a gentle one rather than a bonfire, and the lime should be freshly squeezed, because at these volumes there is nothing to buffer a stale one.
Tasting notes
Smoky and bittersweet, with orange and honey from the Aperol and Chartreuse and a bright lime edge holding it all in shape. Strong, complex, and much softer than the equal-parts list suggests.