Prep a Cocktail Recipe for National Tequila Day

These tequila-powered recipes offers something a little more creative than a shot with lime and salt. Give them a try early, and you’ll be primed and ready for the big July 24th holiday (that is a holiday for no reasons I’ve detected thus far).

Pineapple Serrano Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Herradura Silver
  • 3 cubic inches of pineapple diced
  • ¾ oz lime juice
  • ½ oz simple syrup
  • 3 slices of Serrano chili with seeds

Preparation: Crush pineapple and chili slices in the base of a shaker with a muddler.

Add cubed ice and remaining ingredients; shake hard and strain over ice in an old fashioned glass.

Garnish with a chili and a star Anise pod.

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Easy Tiger

Ingredients:

  • 1 ⅓ oz. Herradura Blanco
  • 2 slices of ginger
  • 2 tsp agave syrup
  • Squeezed fresh lime juice
  • Ginger Ale

Preparation: In a shaker, crush the ginger and blend in the agave syrup.

Add ice and remaining ingredients. Shake and strain into the cocktail glass and cap off with ginger ale.

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