Overtly Evil

A customer original by Michael S. made for our "Cruella" cocktail competition. This cocktail has the smokiness of the mezcal combined with the menthol of the Fernet-Branca making you think it's going to be a harsh drink, but comes out balanced and sophisticated.

If you don't mind a little bitterness in your cocktails, you're going to really enjoy this.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Pineapple Gum Syrup
• 1 oz mezcal
  
• 1 oz Fernet-Branca
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1 dash Bittermens Burlesque Bitters

Instructions:

• Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker
  
• Add ice and shake hard for 10 seconds
• Strain into a chilled rocks glass

Glass:

• rocks glass
  

Garnish:

• lemon wheel
  

Photo:

Liber & Co.