Today celebrates the glorious margarita. Even people who don’t like tequila find the cocktail delectable. The tangy sweet and sour palate with a touch of salt has deemed this libation the most popular cocktail in the world. Over the years bartenders and tequila companies have invented hundreds of variations. And to toast to this classic cocktail, Herradura shares a few delicious twists that showcase the diversity of the spirit.
Herradura Honey Suckle
- 2 oz Herradura Reposado
- 3\4 oz Fresh lime juice
- 3\4 oz Honey syrup
- Garnish: Lime wheel
Preparation:
Shake all ingredients is a cocktail shaker filled with plenty of ice. Strain into a chilled coupe\cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
TUACArita
- 1 oz TUACA
- 1 oz Herradura Silver Tequila
- 1/4 oz triple sec
- 3 oz sweet and sour
- Lemon wedge, squeezed
- Salt
- Garnish: Lemon twist
Preparation:
Mix ingredients, including squeezed lemon wedge, in a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Herradura French Margarita
- 1 ½ oz Herradura Blanco
- ½ oz Chambord
- ¼ oz Triple Sec
- 3 oz Sweet and Sour Mix
- Garnish: Lime wedge
Preparation:
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed, ice-filled martini or margarita glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.
For those fortunate enough to live in Colorado, the Sage Restaurant Group, a Denver-based company helmed by restaurateur Peter Karpinski, has a number of restaurants offering original margaritas concoctions. But don’t worry; if you can’t make it in time for National Margarita Day, these cocktails are available year round.
Restaurant Kelly Liken, Vail, CO’s namesake dining destination helmed by chef Kelly Liken, features the finest ingredients and spirits from the region on their cocktail menu. A favorite après ski spot, guests can imbibe on the Cilantro Margarita made with Silver Tequila, fresh lime juice, ginger-lime-cilantro syrup, and club soda, garnished with an orange slice. http://www.kellyliken.com/
The Corner Office in Denver, CO, offers The Jackie Oh!, a sweet, slightly floral pink cocktail with a punch. Cheeky Corner Office mixologists named this margarita after the former first lady because, “Jackie, like the drink, appears feminine, but as it turns out, is pretty ballsy too.” Ingredients include Sauza Blue Tequila, Cointreau, hibiscus syrup, and lime juice. It is served shaken on the rocks with a salted rim.
Downtown Portland dinerant, The Original, makes a signature ‘Rita Margarita, inspired in part by the actress Rita Hayworth. Bartender Lee Watson makes “The 'Rita” with Leyenda del Milagro Blanco, a 100 percent blue agave Tequila known for its citrusy notes and it’s slight peppery bite. Watson then adds the juice from freshly squeezed limes, handcrafted housemade Triple Sec (made from grain alcohol, sugar and orange zest), as well as a dash of Saint Germain elderflower liqueur. The cocktail is then mixed, poured over ice, and sprayed with a spritz of restaurant’s housemade soda Orange Flower Water. For the rim, Watson dips the glass in agave nectar, and dips just a crescent of the rim’s circumference in Maldon salt, before garnishing the drink with an origami-like, flower-shaped candied orange rind.
Finally, Sage’s Temple Downtown in Providence, has created the El Diablo Verde, made with muddled jalapenos, Patron Reposado, freshly squeezed lime juice, and topped off with Grand Marnier.
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