I call this cocktail the North-South Drive , after a street since-renamed in Gainesville, Florida. The Campari, grapefruit, and lime build a layered bitterness and sourness that we walk back just a step with a teaspoon of agave nectar

I call this cocktail the North-South Drive, after a street since-renamed in Gainesville, Florida.

The Campari, grapefruit, and lime build a layered bitterness and sourness that we walk back just a step with a teaspoon of agave nectar. The result is a sharp, but balanced, cocktail.

North-South Drive Cocktail

Makes 1 drink.

Ingredients:

1.5 ounces (1 jigger shot) tequila blanco
1/2 ounce (1/2 pony shot) Campari
1/2 ounce (1/2 pony shot) lime juice
1/2 ounce (1/2 pony shot) grapefruit juice
1 teaspoon agave nectar
1 small piece grapefruit peel

Fill a cocktail glass with ice cubes. Set aside to let chill.

Fill a cocktail shaker with large ice cubes. Add the tequila, Campari, lime juice, and grapefruit juice to the shaker. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Let rest until the outside of the shaker begins to sweat.

Discard the ice from the cocktail glass. Strain the contents of the shaker into the glass.

Flame the grapefruit peel: Hold the peel over the cocktail glass, skin side down, and run a lit match back and forth across the skin with the flame about an inch away, firmly squeezing the peel until it ignites.

Rub the grapefruit peel over the rim of the cocktail glass. Toss in, skin side down. Enjoy.

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North-South Drive Cocktail