Junior Merino’s Line of Cool Products

By Adam Rains

For those who have asked…your request has been granted. Now, all of Junior Merino’s products are available for purchase in one central location. Here you will find Merino’s complete line of gourmet syrups, salts, sugars, and professional barware, apparel, intensives (bitters), enhancers (aromatics), foams and accessories.

Junior’s famous “Atomic Cocktail” collection is available for purchase, which you can mix and match to create your very own atomic experience. The “Atomic Cocktail” is a line of misters flavored as some of Merino’s most infamous cocktails such as Coming Up Roses, Dragon’s Breath (now known as Dragonfly) & El Angel, the signature cocktail of Mexico: so you can refresh your tastebuds on the go.

Junior Merino’s line of sugars is finally here! Newly added to his already world known line of salts, Merino combines both exotic and everyday flavors for a one-of-a-kind flavor experience for both cocktails and for culinary applications. The tins of both the salts and sugars itself fits a large sized cocktail glass perfectly, however, chefs can use these in the back of the house for anything from a finishing salts, plating, rubs, or even desserts.

For both professional kitchens and the home chef, Merino has created a couple of amazing seasonings that are perfect rubs for frying or grilling for all meats and vegetables, seafood, poultry. Also available for purchase are Merino’s creative line of culinary sauces, perfect for baking, grilling, dipping, salads, or marinades.

Merino’s philosophy behind the creation of his Intensives (Bitters) & Enhancers (Aromatics) is to utilize flavors & aromatics found in each base spirit to enhance these characteristics. He uses specific ingredients to accomplish this. For example, with respect to the Scotch bitters, Merino uses vanilla to enhance the flavors of the oak and caramelization of the pineapple to enhance the peat of the Scotch with delicate pineapple flavors that are also found in the wood. When combined together these, ingredients create harmony and balance.

Taking a uniquely traditional approach from his family’s recipe, when creating his Mezcal Intensive, Merino uses Mole Poblano, a chili based paste of over 30 ingredients. Since the use of lard is customary for Mole, Merino uses rendered bacon as an ingredient to provoke his heritage that when combined with 100% Agave Mezcal creates complexity and singularity.

In all of Merino’s Intensives and Enhancers, Merino uses over 20 different ingredients, most quite unique such as cuachalalate, uhna de gato, and many uncommon herbs and barks from Mexico, Central & South America; which also makes Junior Merino’s Intensives a one-of-a-kind line.

Don’t forget to purchase Junior’s signature muddler, created by him for you. Made of maple wood, this muddler is built to last and is the perfect width and length for either a mixing glass or shaking tin.