Across the Border

.75 oz. Ilegal Mezcal
.75 oz. Lemon juice
.75 oz. Benedictine
.75 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 slice Jalapeño
5 dash Celery Bitters

Muddle thin slice and bitters. Strain juice into metal mixing tin. Add liquor and shake over ice. Double strain. Serve up.

Avocado Joven

Bitter Smoke

1 oz Mezcal
1 oz Campari
1 oz Fevertree tonic water

Build over big chunks of ice.

Bloody Maria

2 parts Ilegal Mezcal
2 parts Howie's Hot Shot

Combine Ilegal Mezcal and Howie's Hot Shot. Serve on the rocks and garnish with fresh veggies.

Bloody Maria Sabina

2 shots Ilegal Reposado
3 shots tomato juice
Tabasco sauce, to taste
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch of celery salt
1 grind of black pepper

Pour ingredients over ice in a Collins glass and stir. Garnish with celery stick. Add horseradish for an additional dimension to the drink.

Blue Corn Margarita

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Mezcal
1/2 Organic Orange Liqueur
1 oz Alex V. Eastern Sour
1/2 Blue Curacao
Smoked Citrus Blue Corn Tortilla Salt

Combine and serve in glass rimmed with Smoked Citrus Blue Corn Tortilla Salt.

Breaking the Law

1 slice cucumber
1 oz Ilegal Mezcal reposado
1 oz Dimmi Italian cordial
3/4 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
3/4 oz chipotle chili infused light amber organic agave
2 dashes of Fee Brother's Peach Bitters

In a shaker, muddle 1 cucumber slice and then add Ilegal Mezcal, Dimmi Italian cordial, lime juice, agave syrup, and peach bitters. Shake, double strain with tea stainer, and pour into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with soda, and garnish with grated orange zest.

Cocktail Ilegal

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Mezcal joven
1/2 oz Cointreau
2 oz apple cider
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
3 small dashes of fresh ginger juice
apple spear, optional for garnish

In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients.
Fill with ice and give a generous shake. Double strain into a martini glass and garnish with a spear of apple.
Makes 1 drink.

Danger Zone

3 oz. Ilegal Mezcal reposado
1.5 oz. Sharkwater
4 pumps Steve's Frozen Chillers Gator Bite
MINX XXX His and Hers

Build this cocktail in a shaker filled with ice. Add Ilegal Mezcal, Sharkwater, and Steve's Frozen Chillers, shake and serve on the rocks. Top with MINX XXX His and Hers. Makes 2 drinks.

El Martin

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Mezcal
1/2 oz Lillet Rouge
1/2 oz Aperol
1/2 oz Punt e Mes
Dash Marshal Altier's Baked Apple Bitters

Stir and pour into martini glass with flamed orange peel.

Fairest of the Season

1.5 oz Ilegal Joven
.75 oz Allspice Dram
.75 oz OJ
.25 Port Wine

Shake, double strain. Flame orange peel and discard.

Flip and Fall

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Añejo
3/4 oz Carpano Antica
3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz pumpkin pie spiced honey
1 whole egg

Pumpkin Pie Spiced Honey: Make a 1:1 honey syrup (1 part honey, 1 part hot water), add pumpkin pie spices to taste, and let cool. Suggested: nutmeg, clove, allspice, cinnamon (lots), and ginger (a pinch).

Shake dry, shake with ice, and double strain into mason jar.
Garnish with grated nutmeg and orange zest and serve with a nutmeg cookie.

Hamilton Weeks* Cocktail

1 oz. Ilegal Mezcal
1 oz. Amero Nonino
1 oz. Verdrenne Le Figuier (fig liqueur)
dash orange bitters

Combine all ingredients into mixing glass, add ice, and stir. Strain into martini glass and finish with orange zest.

*This drink is named after Steve's great-great-grandfather, Hamilton Weeks from Newfoundland. He was the town Mayor, Magistrate and Smuggler. He was arrested for smuggling, but got off all charges as he was the Magistrate for his own trial.

High Tea

Ilegal Activity

1 1/4 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
3/4 oz. Pisco 100
1 1/2 oz grapefruit, cilantro and jalapeno pepper puree
1/2 oz. Dimmi liqueur
Splash soda water

Combine ingredients and serve on the rocks.

Ilegal Chocolate

2 parts Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
2 parts Rum Chata
Hot Cocoa
Caramel CREAM-brand alcohol infused whipped cream
Cinnamon stick

In a mug, add Ilegal Mezcal and Rum Chata. Top with hot cocoa. Garnish with Caramel Cream and a cinnamon Stick.

Ilegal Fashion

1 slice orange
1 cherry
Simple syrup
Sugar
2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Añejo.

Muddle orange slice, cherry, and sugar with simple syrup in a small rocks glass. Add ice and Ilegal Mezcal.

Ilegal Garden

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Mezcal
1/2 oz Organic Hibiscus Liqueur
1/2 oz Jasmine Liqueur
1 1/2 oz Alex V. Eastern Sour
Dash Lavender Spice Bitters
Top Lemon - Lime Soda

Combine and serve over ice.

Ilegal Lemonade

1 1/2 oz Ilegal Reposado
1/2 oz limoncello
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz agave syrup (1:1)
2 oz club soda
1 sprig of rosemary
1 dash Regan's Orange Bitters

Combine all ingredients except club soda and rosemary in a shaker with ice, and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into an ice filled Mason Jar. Singe the rosemary with a lighter and extinguish in your drink. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Karen Newman's Spicy Cucumber Margarita*

1/2 small cucumber, peeled and minced into chunks
1 slice jalapeno pepper, seeds intact
2 ounces Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
1/2 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce agave nectar
cucumber wheel for garnish

Muddle cucumber and jalapeno slice in a shaker. Add liquids and ice, shake vigorously for at least 30 seconds, double-strain into a chilled glass, and garnish.
(*altered to use Ilegal Mezcal in place of tequila by Selena Ricks)

La Joya

La Madama

1 oz Ilegal Mezcal
1/2 oz Alex V. Eastern Sour
1/2 oz St.Germain
Dash Pistachio Pie Bitters
Top Mumm Champagne

Combine and serve in a champagne glass.

Los Labras

2 ounces Ilegal Joven Mezcal
1 ounce Lillet Blanc
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/4 ounce agave nectar
1 egg white

Shake ingredients vigorously in a mixing glass. Pour over ice into a Collins glass. Garnish with one cilantro leaf. Makes 1 drink.

Mexican Train

2 oz Ilegal reposado mezcal
3/4 oz Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
1/4 oz green Chartreuse
5 drops mole bitters

Stir, strain, and serve up in a chilled cocktail glass.

Milos Zica's Cocktail

1 3/4 oz Ilegal Reposado
3/4 oz Benedictine
1/2 oz Amaro nonino
3/4 oz Dry Vermouth (Dolin)
3 dashes of orange bitters

Stir, strain and serve

Oaxaca Julep

2 oz. Mint-infused Ilegal brand Anejo Mezcal (see below)
1 tbsp. Mint Agave Nectar Simple Syrup (see below)
Crushed Ice
Mint Leaves

Mint-infused Mezcal: Wash mint leaves thoroughly and pat dry. Add about 40 mint leaves (plucked from stalks) to the bottom of a mixing bowl, then add mezcal, completely covering the mint. Let sit for 15 minutes, then remove leaves, laying them out on a sturdy paper towel. Roll and squeeze the mint extract into the mezcal. Repeatedly dip the towel in the liquid and squeeze again to get as much mint as possible. Repeat the whole process to get the mint levels you want.

Mint Agave Nectar Simple Syrup: combine 2 tbsp. sugar, 1/4 cup agave nectar and water in a small pan and bring just to a boil. Remove and cool. Add eight sprigs of fresh mint, cover and chill overnight.

For the Juleps: Make each julep, one at a time. Fill cup or glass with crushed ice, add one tablespoon mint agave nectar and two oz. mint-infused mezcal. Stir rapidly with a bar spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with fresh mint.

Oaxaca Sunset

2 parts Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
1 part OJ
1 part Watermelon Juice

Combine ingredients and ice in a small rocks glass. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Oaxacan Miel

- 1 3/4 parts Ilegal Joven Mezcal

- 1/2 parts Bärenjäger Honey Liqueur

- 1/2 parts sweet vermouth

Add ice, stir, strain into an old fashioned glass with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Oyamel Margarita

Ozomatli's Fire Away

1 dash of angostura bitters

Passion Pillow

Pomegranate Cosmezcalitan

2 parts Ilegal Mezcal,
1 part Orchid Pomegranate Liqueur
1 part Finest Call lime Juice
1 part Dekuyper Triple Sec
2 parts White Cranberry Juice.

Shake, strain, and serve in a martini glass. Garnish with Pomegranate seeds.

Spanish Cobbler

1 orange slice
Agave Nectar
2 oz. Ilegal Mezcal
1 oz. Barenjager
MINX the Erotic Vodka Cocktail

Muddle orange slice and agave nectar in a rocks glass. In a shaker, combine Ilegal Mezcal Reposado, Barenjager and ice. Shake and pour over orange slice. Add ice and top with MINX the Erotic Vodka Cocktail. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

The Gumption

1 oz Ilegal Reposado mezcal
1 oz Patrón Silver tequila
.5 oz Luxardo Maraschino Cherry liqueur
Dash Angostura bitters
Dash orange bitters

Stir, pour over rocks.
Add twist of (and garnish with) grapefruit.

The New Double Cross

2 oz Ilegal Mezcal Anejo
.75 oz Green Chartreuse
.5 oz fresh lime juice
1 barspoon Perfect Puree ginger

Shake vigorously, and double strain into a chilled rocks
glass. Garnish with a substantive lime wedge befitting the heft of the
beverage.

Valentina Ilegal

In a shaker with ice start with
4 oz. Ilegal Mezcal Anejo
2 oz. Campari
Dash of bitters
Juice of half an orange
Juice of half a lemon
2 orange slices

In a shaker, combine Ilegal Mezcal, Campari, bitters, orange and lemon juices, and ice. Shake and serve on the rocks in a small rocks glass. Garnish with an orange wheel. Makes 2 drinks.

White Hot Sand Cocktail

3-4 fresh pineapple chunks
2-3 thin slices jalapeño
1 1/2 ounces Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
Ice
1 ounce ginger beer
Lime slice, for garnish
Directions
Muddle the pineapple chunks and jalapeño with the mezcal. Add ice and shake.
Strain into a cocktail glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with lime slice. Makes 1 drink

Zorrito Dorado

2 ounces Ilegal Mezcal Reposado
1 ounce yellow chartreuse
1 large bar spoon orange marmalade
Ice
1 orange twist

In a cocktail shaker, combine the mezcal, chartreuse and marmalade. Fill the shaker with ice and strain through a ?ne-mesh sieve into a cocktail glass. Garnish with the orange twist and serve. Makes one drink.