- Welcome, yet again, to another one of my cocktail vlogs.
So I'm quite pleased with myself.
The fact that I'm regularly uploading, it feels good.
And thank you for all contributing,
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It's awesome and it keeps me encouraged,
especially commenting and giving me feedback
on what I've done right or what I've done wrong.
Today I'm gonna feature another cocktail
by The Weekend Mixologist I mentioned in my last video,
which I'll link to right here.
I stumbled across his Instagram feed
and found a couple of really
nice cocktails that looked awesome.
His photos are fantastic so make sure
you check him out as well.
I'll link to his account in the description below
so this particular one is the La Familia.
I did try and find a little detail about it
and to see if it was a cocktail that already existed.
And turns out that Bacardi Legacy,
the cocktail competition,
for those who are familiar with that,
a lot of people called their cocktail La Familia.
So there's a lot of conflicting recipes,
and this particular one, guaranteed,
it's not part of that Bacardi Legacy competition
because it features tequila and Mezcal
rather than Bacardi rum.
But anyways, this looks really nice.
Good flavors that are gonna work together,
and first of all I'm gonna start with a tequila.
So blanco tequila, one ounce, 30 mills.
It's a shaken cocktail, served in a highball,
strained over pebble ice.
And Mezcal, add some smokiness to the drink.
Half an ounce, 15 mills.
And then I've got fresh grapefruit juice.
This is a ruby red grape fruit juice, 1 ounce, 30 mills.
It's got that smokiness and then the bit of flavors
from the grapefruit juice.
And followed by fresh lime, half an ounce, 15 mills.
And then I've actually combined my last two ingredients.
In his particular recipe it does say
a cinnamon syrup and a honey syrup.
I've combined the two.
I've made a one-to-one honey syrup
and then steeped cinnamon inside it as well.
So in total three quarters, 22.5 mills of that syrup.
Got beautiful cinnamon honey aromatics on this.
It smells delicious.
And then fill the Boston glass with ice
and give it a quick shake.
(ice clunking)
So this is not technically pebble ice.
It's crushed ice so it's gonna be a little bit finer.
Pebble ice is something that you would get
from an ice machine and it's usually
four of five mills in diameter.
It's gonna add more dilution to your drink.
That's part of the reason I only gave it
a really quick shake as well,
is because once you strain in here
you're gonna get extra dilution.
So strain over the top.
I've said it before, make sure
you don't fill the glass completely
with that ice when you're using crushed ice
because otherwise you might have a flow up.
You can always get to the end and you can top it up,
add a little bit of a mound to it.
And for garnish,
I'm pegging a lime wheel
and a cinnamon stick.
(light relaxing music)
There you have the La Familia.
Cheers.
(light relaxing music)
Whenever you use Mezcal you're always
gonna get a lot of smokiness to it,
but the fact that there's only half an ounce,
like 15 mills, it's not overpowering.
It complements the tequila, the grapefruit.
Beautiful, citrusy, nice and refreshing this one.
Thanks for watching.
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and check out The Weekend Mixologist.
And I'll see you soon for another cocktail video.
Cheers.