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.

cocktail round up

First up, my favorite:

Jungle Bird

Makes 2 cocktails

1 ½ ounces dark rum
1 ½ ounces pineapple juice
3/4 to 1 ounce Campari/Aperol (to taste)
½ ounce lime juice
½ ounce simple syrup or maple syrup

For the garnish: Pineapple wedge, pineapple leaves (optional)

Add the dark rum, pineapple juice, Campari/Aperol, lime juice, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake vigorously until cold.

Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, pineapple leaves, or fresh mint.

Orchard Bird

Makes 2 cocktails

1 ounce dark rum
2 ounces peach nectar
1 ounce Aperol 
½ ounce lime juice
½ ounce maple syrup

Add the dark rum, peach nectar, Aperol, lime juice, and maple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice. Shake vigorously until cold.

Strain into cocktail glass.

Tropical Brazilian Spritz

Makes 2 cocktails

2 ounces cachaca
2 ounces pineapple juice
2 ounces peach juice
calamansi seltzer

Combine juices and cachaca in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and then pour over ice. Float calamansi seltzer on top.

Peppered Amaro

Makes 1 cocktail

1 ounce black pepper simple syrup
1 ounce Cynar or Ramazotti
1 ounce whiskey/bourbon

Add ice to a rocks glass, add all 3 ingredients to the glass and stir.

In Cold Blood

Makes 1 cocktail

1 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Cynar
1 ounce bourbon
Lemon twist
Pinch of salt

Add ice to a rocks glass, add first 3 ingredients to the glass and stir. Twist lemon over glass and add a pinch of salt.