welcome friends welcome back to after dark where we are exploring different
cocktails and today's episode is all about this Patron Citronge Lime now a friend
gave this to us and I didn't really know what to do with it so today we're going
to make a cocktail called the Mazatlan and I just went to the Patron website
and looked up a cocktail that used that that had other ingredients that I
already had in a studio coz this okay that's quite nice now I'm on the nose
really what I get is a lot of smoky flavor or smoky smell in my mouth sweet
number one sweet just a tiny little bit of the lime this is like this is like
limoncello except it's made with limes and tequila's instead of lemon and
neutral grain spirit so it has a little bit of that tequila aftertaste it's
quite nice you know what I'm just on the rocks I think that would be a really
nice little summer drink a tiny a little cup like this so that doesn't get warm a
little tiny piece of ice mm-hmm well anyway enough that on with the cocktail
so because I'm me and I like to try different things we're gonna do it with
two different tequila's today neither them are the patron that the patron
website sign website says I need to use we're gonna do Cazadores and Casamigos
so this is a stirred cocktail and I've got two mixing glasses here and I'm
going to mix them at the same time ice them at the same time so that we get the
dilution pretty much the same for both of them so that's the first one
Cazadores and the second one is Casamigos
now the citrus sweet vermouth dry vermouth and a couple dashes of
Angostura okay and stir stirring is the boring bit that usually gets edited out
a lot of people complain that I don't stir long enough or that perhaps I stir
too long okay so two glasses already chilled and strain and strain
and these both get a cherry as a garnish so let's let's get a cherry out these
are Luxardo cherries people will argue that they are the best they're pretty
good they are pretty good okay I'm gonna try the cocktail made with the lighter
flavor tequila first at the Chi had daughters and see how that goes
okay tequila on the nose definitely tequila on the nose
oh that's very nice I like that it's very complex it's an incredibly complex
flavor there's no one flavor coming through it's not too sweet and it's not
too bitter and there's not too much alcohol I mean
this is a very that is a very well balanced cocktail what is a very well
balanced cocktail I like that hand that to me I'm gonna
drink it well let's try the Casamigos tequila because I've been surprised by
the Casamigos tequila I resisted the Casamigos tequila I said that's
just hype it's all hype there's no way that you know that's gonna be a good
tequila and I've been proven wrong every time I've had it so okay it is a
completely different tequila they're both Reposado 'z but the Casamigos has
a definite smoky smell definitely smoky on the nose
Wow yeah same cocktail completely different experience completely
different experience this one is rounded and soft and you do
get all of those herbal flavors and a little bit of everything coming through
and it it's soft does that make sense easy drinking I know a lot of people
hate that term easy drinking but it is easy drinking this one is a little more
challenging and I don't mean challenging in a bad way I mean it's it makes you it
you know I makes me think a little bit more about what's going on in the
cocktail hmm interesting I mean I get the flavor of the sitar in
both of these cocktails but it's not pronounced not pronounced at all okay
I'd say this is a very well-balanced cocktail no matter which one of these
you use in it you could use a silver tequila in this and I think that would
work really well I think it would be a nice soft well-rounded cocktail like
this one is you could use a mezcal a little bit maybe not total
smoke show mezcal but something that is on the lightly smoked side of mezcal and
again get a really good cocktail maybe a little bit more complex maybe something
that you have to think about more so once again same cocktail different
spirits different experiences and you've got to really try all of these things to
find out what you like and you might like both of them like I like mo both of
these and I like this on its own apparently which I didn't think I would
but they're for different occasions I really think they're for different
occasions this is hanging out poolside or on the deck in the summertime with a
little piece of ice just something to relax and calm down after the day I
think this is kind of in that same ballpark maybe
if you're comfortable sitting on a patio and you don't feel the need that you
have to have a beer cuz you're on a bar patio this would be a really nice one
and I think this is a little bit this this is a more sophisticated drink this
one is a little bit more sophisticated this is for a night out on the town if
you're going to a really nice cocktail bar and having a giant steak for dinner
that's what that's for thanks for stopping by see you again
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