Dead Man's Handle
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Ingredients
1 1/2 oz Blanco tequila
1/2 oz Orange-red aperitivo
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Orgeat syrup
How to make
Serve in a poco grande glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a POCO GRANDE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of Tajín seasoning.
Method
- 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
Garnish
- 5 Dust with Tajín seasoning.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
16.1% alc./vol. · 1.1 standard drinks · 185 calories
History
Rich almond syrup meets delicately bittersweet undertones with a tequila charge.
This cocktail is adapted from a 2019 recipe by Tiffany Kirk at Miss Carousel bar in Houston, USA. Its name may derive from the dead man's switch, a safety mechanism designed to activate or deactivate if an operator becomes incapacitated. Also referred to as a dead man's handle, these switches were initially used in trains and other machinery but the term now encompasses various fail-safe devices and computer software.
Created by Tiffany Kirk