El Pepe

Built like a Margarita except with a base of smoky mezcal and herbaceous Benedictine in place of tequila and Cointreau.

Shake the mixing ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.

shake and strain into a double rocks glass with fresh ice. garnish with basil leaf.

Note: You can substitute plane simple syrup with basil simple syrup. You can also use Dolin Genepi or other apline liquore in place of Benedictine.