Sunday, June 18, 2023

tequila cocktail roundup

Pompelmo

Makes 2 cocktails

3 ounces reposado tequila (can also be made with blanco)
3 ounces grapefruit juice
½ ounce Campari
small pinch of smoked salt

Add the grapefruit juice, tequila, Campari and smoked salt to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake vigorously until cold.

Strain into cocktail glass. 


Smoked Tequila Old Fashioned

Makes 1 cocktail

2.5 ounces of añejo tequila
½ ounce agave syrup
4-5 dashes of orange bitters

Garnish: Orange peel and thyme

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir gently to chill and combine ingredients. Strain into a double old-fashioned glass over fresh ice. Garnish and smoke.


Tequila Sweet Tart

Makes 1 cocktail

1 oz blanco tequila
1 oz Aperol
1 oz strawberry rhubarb simple syrup
1/2 oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and pour over ice.


Fall Sunrise

Makes 1 cocktail

2 ounces of añejo tequila
1 ounce spiced apple syrup
3/4 ounces lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a coupe glass.


Autumn Sunset

Makes 2 cocktails

4 ounces of añejo tequila
2 ounces spiced apple syrup
1 ounce Aperol
3/4 ounces lime juice
4 dashes rhubarb bitters

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and pour into a coupe glass.


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