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Eclipse (by Leo Robitschek)

Aperitivo/aperitif

4.2 136 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Añejo tequila
3/4 oz Cherry brandy
3/4 oz Orange-red aperitivo
3/4 oz Lemon juice
1/4 oz Mezcal

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 No garnish to prepare.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
  3. 5 FLOAT mezcal.

Garnish

  1. 6 Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour profile

16.1% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 214 calories

History

Balanced bitter-sweetness with tequila, mezcal, cherry, and aperitivo liqueurs, plus lemon.

The Eclipse cocktail, a rusty-orange-red drink, was named after the color of the moon during an eclipse. According to Jim Meehan & Chris Gall's 2011 The PDT Cocktail Book, "Leo Robitschek, New York, Winter 2009" created the Eclipse. The recipe calls for 2 oz. El Tesoro Añejo Tequila, .75 oz. Aperol, .75 oz. Cherry – Heering, and .75 oz. Lemon Juice. It is to be shaken with ice and strained into a Del Maguey Vida Mezcal-rinsed coupe, garnished with a lemon twist, as stated by Leo Robitschek, New York, Winter 2009. It is unknown when or where this cocktail changed from being served in a mezcal-rinsed coupe to being served on-the-rock with a mezcal float, but some say it was first served at the 2013 Great GoogaMooga Festival held at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Created by Leo Robitschek