Name: Tocayo’s Mezcal and Tonic
Yield: Makes 4 cocktails
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: Grapefruit bitters; 4 ounces (120 ml) mezcal; 2 small (6.8 ounces/200 ml) bottles chilled tonic water; 1 small red grapefruit, cut into 8 wedges

Preparation info

Makes
4
cocktails

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Getaway

By Renee Erickson

Published 2021

About

Since they share a name, Dano calls my husband, Dan, tocayo, or namesake. This combination has become my Dan’s signature summer drink, and he makes it by the trayful. It turns out tonic isn’t just great with gin—mixed with savory mezcal and layers of grapefruit, it makes a kind of renegade paloma that’s so refreshing in the heat.