National Tequila Day is one of the most popular “cocktail holidays”. Having a cocktail holiday during the summer makes perfect sense because the weather is great and people are spending more time with friends and families.
Here is an array of various tequila-based cocktails for you to try courtesy of “Bodega Taqueria y Tequila’s” beverage director, Hayden Miller”
The recipes featured here include 5 different tequilas! There are lots of options for you to whip up a great tequila cocktail!
Pico Picante
Photo by Felipe Cuevas
Ingredients:
1.5 oz of Teremana Blanco
0.5 oz of Ilegal Joven Mezcal
1.75 oz of Pico Mix (1 oz Cucumber Juice; 0.75 oz Jalapeño-Cilantro Syrup)
0.75 oz Lime Juice
2 Dash of Orange Bitters
Cucumber ribbon for garnish
Directions:
Combine all liquid ingredients in shaker tin.
Add ice.
hake roughly 20 seconds to fully combine ingredients.
Using a lime wedge, wet rim of glass (preferably only the outside edge) and dip into spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in rimmed glass.
Garnish with cucumber ribbon.
Tasting Notes:
Crisp cucumber combines with a subtle vegetal taste from cilantro and jalapeno. The light smoky essence of Ilegal Joven Mezcal provides a backbone with the spiced rim bringing everything together for a truly balanced embodiment of the fresh ingredients behind both our Taco Shack and Lounge.
Sandia
Photo by Felipe Cuevas
Ingredients:
2 oz of Casamigos Blanco
0.75 oz of Fresh Lime Juice
0.75 oz of Jalapeno Agave
5 oz of Watermelon Jarritos
A pinch Spiced Salt for the rim (Tajin works great)
1 Watermelon wedge for garnish
A pinch of black salt for the watermelon wedge
Directions:
In a shaker tin combine Casamigos Blanco, Fresh Lime Juice, Jalapeño agave.
Add ice. Shake roughly 20 seconds to fully combine ingredients.
Using a lime wedge, the wet rim of glass (preferably only the outside edge) dip into spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rimmed glass.
Add watermelon jarritos soda. (When inserting straw, a quick stir goes a long way).
Garnish with watermelon wedge
Sprinkle black salt over watermelon wedge for bonus points!
Tasting Notes:
Refreshingly sweet without losing the undertone of Casamigos Blanco and a classic watermelon soda – perfect to chase tacos. House-made jalapeño agave provides a mild kick to round out this crushable cocktail while volcanic black salt helps to entice another sip.
Toronja
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Patron Silver
.75oz Fresh Lime
1 d Spicy Bitter
Create a cordial with the following ingredients:
5 oz Ancho Reyes Verde
.9 oz Grapefruit (you can use a fresh grapefruit to get the juice or get an unsweetened grapefruit juice)
.9 oz Jalapeno Agave
You need 2.25 oz of the Grapefruit Cordial Batch.
Directions:
Create the cordial batch first and make enough to give you 2.25 oz of that batch.
Combine all liquid ingredients in a shaker tin.
Add ice. Shake roughly 20 seconds to fully combine ingredients.
Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of glass (preferably only the outside edge) dip into spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rimmed glass.
Garnish with a grapefruit wheel.
Tasting Notes:
Inspired by Chicago summers and street food, this cocktail is reminiscent of a Mangonada with its notes of sweetness, spice and a hint of salt. Simultaneously quenching and reinforcing the thirst of a long summer.
Rayo
Photo by Felipe Cuevas
Ingredients:
2oz Avion Silver
.75 oz Tamarind Agave
.50 oz Pineapple Juice
.25 oz Lime Juice
2-3 d Peychaud Bitter [FLOATED GARNISH]
Directions:
Combine liquid ingredients in a shaker tin.
Add ice. Shake roughly 20 seconds to fully combine ingredients.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Float Peychaud bitters for garnish.
Tasting Notes:
Sweet but not too heavy, the Rayo builds on your palette just as the bitters slowly drift through the glass from top to bottom.
Tamarind lingers amidst notes of fresh lime and pineapple while the initial hit of Peychaud’s sets the tone for a smooth but intriguing composition.
La Diablita
1 oz Don Julio Blanco
1 oz Luxardo Apricot Liqueur
.75 oz Ginger Syrup
.75 oz Fresh Lime
2 Blackberry
Directions:
Muddle blackberry in a shaker tin, add liquid ingredients.
Add ice. Shake roughly 20 seconds to fully combine ingredients.
Strain shaken ingredients through mesh cocktail strainer over crushed ice into a rocks glass.
Skewer additional blackberry with lime wheel for garnish.
Tasting Notes:
Keeping to a fresh profile with something to kick you in the teeth, this is a cocktail for anyone adventurous. A Bodega mainstay, it always seals the deal.
Horchata Margarita
Ingredients:
– 1 cup of Rice
– 1 Cinnamon Stick
– 4 cups of Water
– 1 cup of Sugar
– 1 cup of Evaporated Milk
– 8 fl oz of Tequila
– 4 fl oz of Triple Dry Liquor
– 2 tablespoons of Condensed Sweetened Milk
– 2 tablespoons of Granulated Sugar
– ½ teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon
METHOD:
For the frosted rim: place the sweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Mix thebgranulated sugar and the cinnamon in another bowl. Dip the glass rim in the condensed milk and then in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Place the rice, cinnamon, and 3 cups of water in a jar and let it soak for an hour.
While this soaks, you will prepare syrup.
Combine the 1 leftover cup of water and 1 cup of sugar in a small pot and cook it over slow heat for five minutes (or until the sugar is totally dissolved).
Remove from the heat and let the syrup cool until it is room temperature.
Now blend the rice and cinnamon mixture in a blender until the rice is completely ground.
Strain the mixture with a strainer and place it in a pitcher.
Add the syrup and the evaporated milk.
Mix well and place in the refrigerator.
When the mixture has cooled, mix in the tequila.
Serve your horchata margaritas in frosted glasses over a lot of ice.
Piña Habanero Margarita
Ingredients:
3 fl oz White Tequila
– 1 Habanero Pepper, Thinly Sliced
– 1 cup Pineapple Juice
– ½ fl oz Triple Sec
– 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice (or juice
from 1 lemon)
– Tajín or Chili Piquín to frost the glass
– Garnishes: Pineapple slices and small piece of Habanero Pepper
Method:
Fill the shaker with ice and pour in all of the liquor, pineapple juice, and lemon juice.
Shake and pour into prepared glass.
Top with the Habanero Pepper and enjoy!
For the rim:
Pour the tajín or chili piquín onto a small plate.
Moisten the rim of a glass and roll it in the mixture.
Thanks to “Bodega Taqueria y Tequila’s” beverage director, Hayden Miller” for sharing all these cocktail recipes with me for the National Tequila Day (7/24) !
Stevie Wilson
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