El Diablo

The El Diablo is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 4 ingredients, shaken and topped and served in a collins. That makes 171 ml in the glass: a middling measure.

Ingredients

• 45 mlreposado tequila
• 15 mlcrème de cassis
• 22.5 mlfresh lime juice
• 60 mlginger beer

Method

1. Shake the tequila, crème de cassis and lime juice with ice.
2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass and top with ginger beer.

Garnish: Garnish with a lime wedge.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.9 out of 10 of bitterness, 90th of 186 for sweetness.

round → sour

Acidity leaves it halfway: 71st of 186, and the acid comes from fresh lime juice.

light → strong

12.3% after dilution: the middle band, 107th of 186.

Its closest neighbour is the Batanga: 97 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• BatangaWith cola in place of ginger beer and longer by 33 ml.
• John CollinsBuilt on gin and with soda water in place of ginger beer.
• Mexican 55Built on vino and with sparkling wine in place of ginger beer.
• French 75Built on vino and with champagne in place of ginger beer.
• Jungle BirdBuilt on rum and with dark rum in place of ginger beer.

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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026