Cinco de Mayo Cocktails to Shake Up the Celebration  

Entertaining for Cinco de Mayo? Shock your visitors with surprising twists on the same old tequila cocktails. Go for the gold with a Grand Margarita that includes Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge, an distinctive mix of fantastic cognac and bitter orange liqueur. Infuse your personal tequila with Patron Silver and recent jalapeño to boost a particular blood orange or beet juice margarita. 

Experiment with smoky mezcal, herbaceous Amaro Montenegro, or Sorel, a singular hibiscus liqueur with an unique mix of clove, cassia, ginger and nutmeg. Or overlook margaritas altogether by mixing up Mexico’s #1 favourite: the refreshing Paloma and her “skinny” sister recipe. The 1800 Agua Fresca is so refreshing, it’s nearly like a fruit salad in a glass. And for a candy style of historical past, rediscover the enduring La Batanga that includes Mexican Coca Cola and stirred with a knife to honor the drink’s creator, Don Javier of the La Capilla bar in Tequila, Mexico.

GRAND MARGARITA

.75 components Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge 

1.5 components Tequila

.75 components Recent Lime Juice

.25 components Agave Nectar

Lime wheel to garnish

Salt optionally available 

METHOD: Fill a large, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fantastic salt. Minimize a lime in half on the width and rub round half of the rim of a margarita glass. Minimize a skinny, crosswise slice from one of many lime halves for garnish. Holding glass the other way up, dip moist half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Pressure into glass and apply lime garnish to the rim.

SPICY MARGARITA

1.5 ozPATRÓN Silver infused with jalapeño*

.5 ozFlavor Puree (blood orange, mango or recent beet)

3 ozLime Juice

Salt rim

Lime wedge and sliced jalapeño for garnish

METHOD: Mix all liquid components over ice in a shaker. Shake nicely and pressure right into a salt-rimmed double quaint glass.

*To infuse Patrón Silver with jalapeño, place two entire jalapeños (minimize down the center, with the seeds eliminated) into the bottle of Patrón and let it relaxation for 12 hours.

THE PEOPLE’S MARGARITA

2 oz. Teremana Blanco

.75 oz. Lime Juice

.5 oz. Agave Nectar

1 oz. Pineapple Juice

Lime wheel

METHOD: Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker. Pressure right into a rocks glass over recent ice. Garnish with a lime wheel, pineapple leaves & sea salt (as desired).

DEVIL’S MARGARITA

.5 ozSorel

1.5 ozBlanco Tequila

1 ozfresh lime juice

.75 easy syrup

METHOD: Mix all components in a shaker over ice. Shake nicely. Pressure into coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.  

LA BATANGA

1.5 ozEl Tequileño Blanco

.25 ozLime Juice

Prime with Mexican Coca Cola

Margarita Salt (or coarse salt)

METHOD: Salt the rim of a highball glass and fill it with ice. Add El Tequileño Blanco and lime juice. Prime with cola. Stir with a knife to maintain it genuine to the 1964 recipe’s creator. Garnish with a lime wheel.

CAZADORES PALOMA

2 ozTequila Cazadores Blanco

1 ozFresh Lime Juice

4 ozGrapefruit Soda

1 Pinch Salt

METHOD: Add all components right into a salted highball glass crammed with ice. Stir with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.

SKINNY PALOMA

1 half Dulce Vida Grapefruit Tequila

3 Elements Topo Chico or Membership Soda

Splash Fresca or Zero Lemon Lime Soda

Squeeze of recent lime

Lime garnish

METHOD: Add all components right into a salted highball glass crammed with ice. Stir with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.

1800 AGUA FRESCA

1 ½ oz. 1800 Cristalino

Watermelon cubes

Pineapple cubes

½ oz. lime juice

½ oz. mint syrup

½ oz. filtered water

METHOD: Mix all components in a Collins glass, fill glass with ice, and stir. Garnish with a couple of cubes of watermelon and pineapple on high plus a mint sprig.

MONTE & MEZCAL

2 ozAmaro Montenegro 

2 ozmezcal 

METHOD: Fill a glass with ice, preferable 1 massive dice. Pour the Amaro Montenegro and mezcal within the glass and stir to combine. Garnish with an orange twist. 

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