Celebrate National Tequila Day With These Cocktails
Whether it’s a Sunrise, Margarita or Paloma, it’s time to raise your favorite tequila beverage in honor of National Tequila Day on Wednesday, July 24.
These easy-to-craft cocktails don’t require many ingredients and are sure to help elevate your #TequilaTuesday check out other exclusive recipes and ideas below:
Hibisco Disco at Trademark Taste+Grind
2oz Ilegal Mezcal
3/4 oz Cherry Hibiscus Syrup*
3/4 oz Lime Spritz
Orange Flower Water
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake, then strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Decorate with edible flowers and glitter!
*Cherry Hibiscus Syrup
Steep Hibiscus Tea in simple syrup overnight (longer for a sweeter flavor)
Mix with an equal amount of Cherry Heering
Fired Up Margarita at Cleo
1.5 oz Casamigos Blanco
1/2 oz Yuzu liqueur
3/5 oz lime
3/4 oz cucumber juice
1/2 oz agave
Smoked salt rim
Dip a rocks glass in lime juice, then smoked salt. Add all ingredients except salt to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into the prepared glass.
Blood Orange Paloma, $8
RECIPE:
1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado
1.5 oz Blood Orange Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Agave
Club Soda
Salt & Paprika
INSTRUCTIONS:
In a tin with ice, combine all ingredients excluding the club soda and shake. Strain over fresh ice in a paprika salt-rimmed glass. Top with club soda and garnish with a blood orange wheel.
Summer Sunset, $8
RECIPE:
2 oz Milagro Blanco Tequila
.75 oz Elderflower
.75 Pamplemousse
.75 Lime Juice
Club Soda
INSTRUCTIONS:
In a tin with ice, combine all ingredients excluding the club soda and shake. Strain over fresh ice in a salt-rimmed glass. Top with club soda and garnish with a lime wheel.
Noble Paloma
INGREDIENTS
2 oz Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
1 oz lime juice
1 oz grapefruit juice
0.5 oz agave nectar
Sparkling water
Grapefruit wedge
PREPARATION
Place Casa Noble, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and agave nectar into shaker with ice.
Shake until chilled.
Strain into glass over ice (salt or lime-and-chili powder rim optional), top with sparkling water, and swirl.
Garnish with grapefruit wedge.
Casa Noble Spicy Buck
INGREDIENTS
2 oz Casa Noble Reposado Tequila
2 thin slices jalapeño
1 Tbsp sliced ginger
1 oz lemon juice
0.75 oz simple syrup
Ginger ale or ginger beer
Dash bitters
Lemon wedge
PREPARATION
Muddle jalapeño, ginger, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a shaker; add ice.Shake until chilled.
Strain into glass over ice, top with ginger ale or ginger beer; add bitters.
Garnish with lemon wedge.
Casa Cosmo
INGREDIENTS
1.5 oz Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
0.75 oz triple sec
0.5 oz lime juice
0.5 oz pomegranate juice
Orange peel
PREPARATION
Combine all ingredients, except orange peel, into mixing glass and stir.
Strain into glass over ice.
Finish with flamed orange peel.
Noble-Rita
INGREDIENTS
2 oz Casa Noble Crystal Tequila
1 oz agave nectar
1 oz lime juice
Lime wedge
PREPARATION
Place ingredients, except lime wedge, into shaker with ice.
Shake until chilled.
Strain into glass (salt rim optional).
Garnish with lime wedge.
Spiced Grapefruit Margarita
Cocktail Specs:
1.5 oz Paquera Espadin
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz agave nectar
Method: Shake & Pour
Glass: Rocks
Smokey Kiss
Cocktail Specs:
1.5 oz Paquera Espadin
1 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
1.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 Dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Method: Shake & Pour
Glass: Coupe
Margarita Al Pastor
Recipe:
2 ounces Corralejo Silver
8 pieces charred pineapple
1 ounce chile syrup
½ ounce agave syrup
1 ounce lime juice
Method:
Rim your glass with salt
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice
Shake to chill and combine ingredients
Fine strain into a coupe glass
Garnish & Enjoy!
Corralejo Spicy Pineapple Paloma
2 ounces Corralejo Silver
½ ounce grapefruit juice
½ ounce lime juice
½ sliced Serrano pepper
¾ ounce agave syrup
Pineapple soda (to top)
Tajín (for rim)
Method:
Rim your glass with Tajín
Add all ingredients except the bitters into a cocktail shaker with ice
Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients
Strain into your glass over fresh ice
Top with pineapple soda
Garnish & Enjoy!
Corralejo Old Fashioned
Recipe:
2½ ounces Corralejo Añejo
¾ ounce agave syrup
2 dashes aromatic bitters
Method:
Add all ingredients into a rocks glass with ice
Stir to mix combine ingredients
Garnish & Enjoy
Corralejo Tequila Tropical
Recipe:
2 ounces Corralejo Añejo
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce lime juice
½ ounce simple syrup
5 dashes aromatic bitters
Method:
Add all ingredients except the bitters into a cocktail shaker with ice
Shake hard to chill and combine ingredients
Strain into your glass over crushed ice
Top with aromatic bitters
Garnish & Enjoy!
Grapefruit Collins
Ingredients:
2 oz Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco Tequila
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
¾ oz 1:1 Simple Syrup
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Top with Soda Water
Directions: Shake tequila, lemon juice, simple syrup and grapefruit juice with ice. Strain into a double rocks glass over a large cube of ice. Top with soda water, and garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Guadalajara Fizz
Ingredients:
2 oz Volcan de mi Tierra Cristalino Tequila
½ oz Crème de Cacao White
½ oz Triple Sec
¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
½ oz Simple Syrup
4–5 Dashes Grapefruit Bitters
1 oz Soda Water
Directions: Dry shake tequila, triple sec, crème de cacao lemon juice, simple syrup and bitters for 1–2 minutes. Open the tin and add a large cube of ice, and shake again for 1–2 minutes. Strain into a Collins glass and top with soda water. Express a grapefruit peel on top of the drink, and garnish.
Raspberry Jalapeño Spicy Margarita
2 oz Casamigos Blanco Tequila
.75 oz Combier L’Original Liqueur D’Orange
1 oz Fresh lime juice
.75 oz Agave syrup
3–4 Fresh raspberries
2–3 Jalapeño slices
Salt rim
PREPARATION:
Salt the rim of a rocks glass. In a cocktail shaker, muddle 1–2 fresh raspberries and 1–2 jalapeño slices. Add all other ingredients and shake vigorously for 8–10 seconds. Double strain into the salt-rimmed rocks glass. Decorate with 2 fresh raspberries and 1 jalapeño slice.
Sweet Heat Margarita
2 oz Tanteo® Jalapeño Tequila
1 oz fresh lime juice
½ oz Agave nectar
4–5 muddled raspberries
Method:
Muddle raspberries and combine other ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and double strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with raspberry skewer.