El Guapo

The Box Social

Contributed by Eric and Shannon McQuilkin

El Guapo

(image: Virginia Miller)

Appears in 80 Collections

Appears in 80 Collections

About El Guapo Cocktail

This signature cocktail at The Box Social in Portland, Ore., is vividly rosy with a purée blend of passion fruit, blood orange and pomegranate.

This recipe originally appeared as part of “11 Hottest Cocktails to Drink in Bars Now: December 2017.”

Ingredients in El Guapo Cocktail

2 oz

Corazón blanco tequila

1 ¹⁄₂ oz

The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley El Corazon fruit purée

1 oz

Simple syrup (1:1)

1 oz

Fresh lime juice

1 oz

Del Maguey Vida mezcal

Garnish:

Inverted 1/2 lime

Glass:

How to make El Guapo Cocktail

Rim a highball glass with salt and pepper and set aside.

Add all the ingredients except the mezcal to a shaker with ice, and shake thoroughly.

Strain into a Highball glass filled with ice.

Garnish with an inverted 1/2 lime with the juice squeezed out (a lime boat).

Fill the lime boat with the mezcal.

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