Single Village Fix
A Single Village Fix is 45ml of mezcal, 22.5ml of lime juice squeezed fresh and 22.5ml of pineapple gum syrup, shaken with ice, then poured into a chilled coupe, no garnish. About 1.8 UK units, all of it from the mezcal at 40% ABV. Punch credits the bartender Thad Vogler and says it was first made at Beretta in San Francisco in 2008. Those are Punch’s measures, converted from ounces. It is a three-part sour, with smoke, pineapple and lime, and nothing else in the glass.
Glassware: Coupe Glass
Garnish:
Ingredients
22.5ml
Punch prints 3/4 ounce, such as Small Hand Foods. Pineapple gum syrup is pineapple juice, cane sugar and gum arabic, with no alcohol.
Instructions
Chill a coupe.
Squeeze the lime the day you serve it.
Add the mezcal, lime juice and pineapple gum syrup to a shaker with ice.
Shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
Strain into the chilled coupe.
Source: its creator's published specification (Thad Vogler, Beretta, San Francisco, 2008, published at Punch (punchdrink.com/recipes/single-village-fix/); measures and method as printed there (1 1/2 oz mezcal, 3/4 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz pineapple gum syrup such as Small Hand Foods, shaken with ice and strained into a chilled coupe); ounces converted to ml). Last checked 1 November 2026.
Expert Tip
Use a mezcal with some smoke you enjoy. With three ingredients, it has nowhere to hide. Shake the syrup properly. It is thicker than sugar syrup and needs the full 12 seconds to mix and chill. Serve without garnish, as Punch does. There is nothing else to add.
Behind the Single Village Fix
Flavour Profile
A three-ingredient drink from San Francisco
Punch says the Single Village Fix was first made at Beretta in San Francisco in 2008, by the bartender Thad Vogler. It calls the drink a modern classic and describes it as a simple mix of mezcal and lime juice with pineapple gum syrup. Punch credits the syrup with bringing both richness and acidity.
Punch does not say how the name was chosen, and neither do we.
Where the sweetness comes from
The only sweetener is the pineapple gum syrup. Punch gives Small Hand Foods as an example of the syrup and does not give a recipe or a substitute, so we do not offer one. There is no ingredient page for pineapple gum syrup, and the drink will not taste as written without it.
The base is mezcal, with fresh lime juice to sharpen it. Our guide to tequila and mezcal sets out what separates the two. In our view the pineapple is a good partner for smoke, because it brings sweetness without adding a second competing flavour such as orange.
The Single Village Fix beside three mezcal drinks
Single Village Fix
- Mezcal
- 45ml
- Citrus
- 22.5ml lime
- Sweetener or liqueur
- 22.5ml pineapple gum syrup
Mezcal Margarita
- Mezcal
- 60ml
- Citrus
- 30ml lime
- Sweetener or liqueur
- 15ml agave syrup
Naked and Famous
- Mezcal
- 22.5ml
- Citrus
- 22.5ml lime
- Sweetener or liqueur
- 22.5ml yellow Chartreuse, 22.5ml Aperol
Mezcal Negroni
- Mezcal
- Mezcal in place of gin
- Citrus
- None
- Sweetener or liqueur
- Campari and sweet vermouth
| Drink | Mezcal | Citrus | Sweetener or liqueur |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Village Fix | 45ml | 22.5ml lime | 22.5ml pineapple gum syrup |
| Mezcal Margarita | 60ml | 30ml lime | 15ml agave syrup |
| Naked and Famous | 22.5ml | 22.5ml lime | 22.5ml yellow Chartreuse, 22.5ml Aperol |
| Mezcal Negroni | Mezcal in place of gin | None | Campari and sweet vermouth |
The Mezcal Margarita is the nearest in structure. For a stirred mezcal drink, try the Mezcal Negroni.
Make it at home
The Spirit
MezcalMezcal is distilled in Mexico from cooked agave hearts, always 100% agave under Mexico’s standard, NOM-070, at 35 to 55% ABV, and counted at 40% in our recipes. Artisanal mezcal, cooked in pit or masonry ovens, is where the smoke usually comes from. Espadín is the common agave, poured from a split base under tequila in an Oaxacan Old Fashioned to a full 60ml in a Mezcal Margarita.
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Sources.
Correct as of 1 November 2026.
- Punch, “Single Village Fix Mezcal Cocktail Recipe” (recipe and origin: Thad Vogler, Beretta, San Francisco, 2008; mezcal, lime juice, pineapple gum syrup (Small Hand Foods given as an example), shaken, chilled coupe).
- NHS, “Calculating alcohol units” (the 14-units-a-week guidance and the units calculation).
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