Maximilian Affair

Name: Maximilian Affair
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Mezcal; 22.5 ml Elderflower Liqueur (St-Germain); 15 ml Punt e Mes; 7.5 ml Fresh Lemon Juice; Lemon Twist

Created by Misty Kalkofen in Boston in the late 2000s, named for the Habsburg archduke who briefly and disastrously ruled Mexico.

Ingredients

Mezcal22.5 ml

Elderflower Liqueur (St-Germain)22.5 ml

Punt e Mes15 ml

Fresh Lemon Juice7.5 ml

Lemon Twist

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Combine the mezcal, elderflower liqueur, sweet vermouth and lemon juice in a shaker.
3
Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds.
4
Fine-strain into the chilled coupe.
5
Express a lemon twist over the surface and discard it.

From the Bartender

Created by Misty Kalkofen in Boston in the late 2000s, named for the Habsburg archduke who briefly and disastrously ruled Mexico. Punt e Mes rather than ordinary sweet vermouth — the extra bitterness is doing real structural work.

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