We asked Ashley Lynn – photographer and mixologist at Palace – if she would fashion (pardon the pun), a cocktail that is one part quirky, one part classic, with a generous dash of Santa Fe spirit – something as different as the city we call home. Stop by palace in the next few weeks to sip a Santa Fe Style Cocktail.
What Does Santa Fe Style Mean?
The Southwest has been a melting pot of ideas, cultures, and passions for centuries. Santa Fe is at the epicenter of this. The Santa Fe Style is an ode to both a classic cocktail, the Negroni, but also the flavors of Santa Fe, including NETA Espadin, a beautiful and traditionally made mezcal founded by Max Rosenstock, a New Mexico native, now living and working in Oaxaca, Salers Gentian Aperitif, Cocchi Americano, locally made As Above So Below Absinthe, using foraged Santa Fe botanicals, and Ancho Verde, a poblano liquor made in Mexico. Together these ingredients create a drink that is clear, elevated, and simplistic in appearance, yet the combination of international and local ingredients and flavors create something that truly says Santa Fe, subtly smoky, vibrant in flavor, vegetal, bitter, with a spicy sweetness.
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The Santa Fe Style
Description
Oh Santa Fe, how we love thee.
Ingredients
- 1 oz NETA Espandin
- 1 oz Salers Gentian Aperitif
- ¾ oz Cocchi Americano
- ¼ oz As Above So Below Absinthe
- 1/2 tsp Ancho Verde
- Lime
- Grilled poblano slice, to garnish
Instructions
- Build in a stirring vessel, stir, and then strain over a large cube into a double Old-Fashioned glass.
- Finish with a twist of lime expressed and discarded and finally garnish with a grilled poblano slice.
Story, Recipe, and Photography by Ashley Lynn
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