For readers who want to shake this one up themselves, I've already done the homework: here's the full list of ingredients, bottle by bottle. Now, the story behind the glass.
The Illegal is a rare modern entry on the IBA list, emerging from the contemporary mezcal craze between 2010 and 2015. Its name is a provocative reference to the long history of contraband mezcal across the U.S.-Mexico border in the 20th century, when mezcal was considered an inferior, rough-peasant cousin of tequila and was smuggled in jugs rather than official bottles.
Today mezcal has been rehabilitated and celebrated for its artisanal character and smoky notes (it is produced by cooking agaves in underground stone pits), and the Illegal represents the modern rebirth of the spirit. A combination of mezcal, lime, falernum and honey, it's a cocktail that tastes like a revisited Daiquiri with a Mexican soul, and a symbol of how subculture spirits can rise to cocktail aristocracy.
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