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Pico Picante
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 in the cocktail
and the spiced rim brinhd everything together for a truly balanced embodiment
of the fresh ingredients behind both our Taco Shack and Lounge.
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 a shaker tin.
Add ice. Shake roughly for 20-30 seconds to combine ingredients completely.
Cut a wedge of lime and wet the rim of glass (Only the outside of the rim)
and dip the rim into the spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rimmed glass.
Garnish with a cucumber ribbon.
Sandia
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.
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 of 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 for roughly 20 seconds to completely combine ingredients.
Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of glass (preferably only the outside edge) and dip into spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rimmed glass.
Add Watermelon Jarritos soda. (When inserting a straw, a quick stir goes a long way).
Garnish with a watermelon wedge.
Sprinkle black salt over the 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.
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Toronja
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.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Patron Silver
.5 Ancho Reyes Verde
.9 Grapefruit
.9 Jalapeno Agave]
2.25 GF Cordial Batch
.75 oz Fresh Lime
1 d Spicy Bitter
Directions:
Combine all liquid ingredients in a shaker tin. Add ice.
Shake roughly 20 seconds to completely combine ingredients.
Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of glass (preferably only the outside edge), and dip into spiced salt.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rimmed glass. aa
Garnish with a grapefruit wheel.
Rayo
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.
The initial hit of Peychaud sets the tone for a smooth but intriguing composition.
Ingredients:
2 oz Avion Silver
.75 oz Tamarind Agave
.50 Pineapple Juice
.25oz Lime Juice
2-3 d Peychaud Bitter [FLOATED GARNISH]
Directions:
Combine liquid ingredients in a shaker tin.
Add ice.
Shake roughly for about 20 seconds to completely combine ingredients.
Strain shaken ingredients over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Float Peychaud bitters for garnish.
La Diablita
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.
Ingredients:
1oz Don Julio Blanco
1oz Luxardo Apricot Liqueur
.75oz Ginger Syrup
.75oz Fresh Lime
2 Blackberries
Directions:
Muddle blackberry in a shaker tin,
Add liquid ingredients then add ice.
Shake roughly 20 seconds to combine ingredients fully.
Strain the shaken ingredients through a mesh cocktail strainer over crushed ice in a rocks glass.
Skewer additional blackberry with lime wheel for garnish.
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