Everything Good Cocktail

This make-ahead cocktail, created by San Francisco bartender Gillian Fitzgerald, is lightly smoky and wonderful with dessert.

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp. plus 1 ½ tsp. honey

• 1 1/2 cups mezcal

• 1/4 cup orange liqueur (preferably Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao)

• 2 1/2 tsp. chocolate bitters, such as Fee Brothers

• 8 orange twists

Instructions:

Step 1

Mix honey and 2 Tbsp. boiling water in a quart-size jar. Stir to dissolve honey; let cool. Stir in mezcal, orange liqueur, bitters, and 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. water. Seal and freeze at least 2 hours and up to 2 weeks.

Step 2

To serve, turn jar gently to mix. Place ice in a rocks glass and pour in cocktail. Squeeze oils from orange twist over, rub peel around rim of glass, then garnish glass with peel.

Attribution:

Recipe: MAGGIE HOFFMAN

Origin: Epicurious