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Joe Rinaldi, Death & Co, Los Angeles (2025)

Aftershock cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Shaken

  1. 1Shake everything with ice.
  2. 2Strain over a large cube in a double rocks glass and garnish with a lime wheel.
Glass
Rocks
Ice
Large cube
Garnish
Lime wheel

Prep ahead

House prep

Serrano Tequila

Yield
750 ml
Keeps
1 month
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 750 mlblanco tequila
  • 1 serrano pepper, thinly sliced

Method

  1. 1Add the pepper to the tequila and taste often. It can be hot enough in as little as 10 minutes. Strain once it reaches the heat you like and rebottle.

Fresh juice

Lime Juice

Yield
About 1 oz per lime
Keeps
1 day
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Fresh limes

Method

  1. 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.

House prep

Celery Syrup (1:1)

Yield
About 2 cups
Keeps
2 weeks
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Fresh celery juice from one bunch, strained
  • Sugar equal to the juice weight
  • Ascorbic acid at 0.5% of the juice weight

Method

  1. 1Juice and strain the celery, then weigh it. Blend the juice with an equal weight of sugar and the ascorbic acid until the sugar dissolves.

About the Aftershock

Aftershock is a sour made with blanco tequila, serrano tequila and basil eau-de-vie, created by Joe Rinaldi at Death & Co in 2025.

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