June 7-Division Bell

Yet another true modern classic, today we feature the Division Bell on the blog. This cocktail was made by Phil Ward at Mayahuel in NYC and it is a brilliant riff on the Last Word. Certainly this won’t be the only Last Word riff we will discuss. This one is famous for its use of Mezcal and bitter apertif. You can use Aperol for this but I used Select, whatever you do, don’t use Campari as it is way too bitter.

This has been one of my favourite riffs off one of my favourite cocktails so obviously I love it. It was harder to sell this one originally though since red bitter apertifs are one of the most polarizing spirits with Fernet. But since I got one person to try it, I have recieved rave endorsements and it practically sells itself at this point.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11nE-oRhIOKo2sFwL792ql_slA9ECxysS25FunAR7kWk/edit?tab=t.0