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Susto

After dinner/digestif

4.0 12 ratings

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Ingredients

1 oz Mezcal
5/6 oz Amaro (e.g. Montenegro)
1/2 oz Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh
1 dash Celery bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Method

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of amaranth/pigweed sprigs or basil leaf.
  3. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

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Flavour profile

23.0% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks

History

Bittersweet with mezcal and amaro combined harmoniously with aromatic wine and celery bitters.

Sam Robertson & Alexander Taylor created this drink in 2017 at Pennyroyal, Cardiff, Wales. "Susto is from the Digestives section of our menu. Local Zapotec tribes of Oaxaca, Mexico, attribute illness to ‘Susto’ – emotional shock. Tribeswomen known as ‘Partera’ provide herbal remedies to ease the suffering."

Created by Sam Robertson