This drink was born from my love for a Tequila Old Fashioned, my personal favorite of the ‘fashions.
Clearly, I had to come up with some sort of twist. I knew that I wanted to work with dried chiles, and the first dish to come to mind was Mole Negro. Mole is a deeply spiced, earthy, fruity, and savory salsa that pairs exceptionally well with chicken. It uses a base of three dried chiles (known as the holy trinity) and a large variety of spices, cacao, citrus to create one of the deepest and most complex flavor profiles in a dish.
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