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À la Diable

1 oz Mezcal
1⁄2 oz Cassis, Lejay
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
1⁄4 oz Ginger syrup
4 oz Sparkling rosé wine
1 twst Lemon peel
Instructions

Shake first four ingredients and strain slowly and at an angle over sparkling wine in a flute. Garnish with a lemon peel.

Notes

A guest couldn't decide between a Kir Royale and a spicy mezcal drink, so I riffed on El Diablo.

Cocktail summary
Created by
Rafa García Febles, NYC.
Year
2014
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  • Tastes about like you'd expect. Mezcal in your rosé. Y'know what they say?
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Comments
FrogPrincesse commented on 12/10/2014:

Rafa - Depending on what you mean, it's going to be either "à la diable" (in haste) or "au diable" (to hell with).
:-)

DrunkLab commented on 12/10/2014:

Au diable! I knew I misremembered. Thanks Frog. I meant "a la," a phrase I think I got from Nabokov, but now I like au better.