The co-founders of Walter Craft Caesar, Aaron Harowitz and Zack Silverman, have found much success with their Caesar-centric empire in recent years and their 2022 cookbook Caesar Country was certainly no exception.

In the book, the duo celebrates the art of Caesar-making as well as the many creative minds from across Canada (and beyond) that have re-imagined the hangover-curing cocktail to make it their own.

"Around 2007, Phil Ward of New York’s Death & Co introduced the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned, one of the finest drinks to come out of the modern cocktail movement. It was also a major contributor to making mezcal—once a relatively rare item outside of Mexico—a must-have in bars around the world,"

"The genius of the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned lies in the mixing of tequila and mezcal and then using them in a surprising way to completely reimagine a classic cocktail," writes Harowitz in the introduction to this recipe in Caesar Country. "Through our own experimentation we’ve found that amplifying that tequila-mezcal combination with some pineapple juice yields an equally surprising and delicious result."

The cocktail recipe below suggests using mostly tequila with a splash of mezcal, but if you like your drinks a little smoky, try flipping the ratio.