Margarita Recipes/Tequillas?
Lucious_Fox
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Me and my girlfriends are making mango margaritas tonight. Which tequilla are preferred for them? Are high end silvers a waste?Does one need Cointreau if mangos are involved? Fresh lime juice. Mint? Peppers? 
Comments
patron silver
cointreau
plenty of fresh lime
rock salt
little bit of club soda
mix it, shake it up, rim the glass, enjoy.
I would use a little of the triple sec even if you are using mango juice. I think it's 1 part triple sec to 2 parts tequila...
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let it bask in the sun, and make some AWESOME margarita's and bloody mary's.
I know you all are jealous.
its damn good.
I did some infused gin last year. I used citrus, it came out pretty good. It was great in a rocks glass.
You'd need tomato juice to cut that cilantro flavor. Ill tty it one day.
listen to this man, he knows what he is talking about.
Finish the night off with a couple of ROCK LOBSTERS....sweet though.
Ingredients
1 shot DeKuyper?? Razzmatazz liqueur
1 shot Crown Royal?? Canadian whisky
2 oz cranberry juice
Directions of recipe >>
Pour razzmatazz and crown royal into an ice-filled glass. Fill with cranberry juice, and serve.
Then again, a mango margarita may require a better tequila, since mango is a milder flavor than lime. I wouldn't use anything too fancy as a mixer, though.
YES.
After 5 years of bartending there is still nothing that annoys me more than someone ordering a Greygoose and Cranberry or a Patron Margarita.
It depletes the purpose of drinking a fine liquor. Chinaco, Herradura, Don Julio, Corzo, Patron all fine tequilas should be consumed straight or on the rocks. Same with quality Vodkas and Whiskeys. The money you are putting into a bottle of good spirits is for the flavor not the name...you can tell that to usher but its meaningless and wasteful to add a bunch of juice and crap to $50 bottle or to order a $15 margarita.
There are plenty of mid-level inexpensive tequilas like Sauza Hornitos, Cuervo Traditional ( but not the 1800 shit ) Don Eduardo ( which is a lot cheaper than Patron with a lot of simularities...just a little more piney) They are all fine for infusions and Margaritas.
I made a Rita that we dedicated to James Brown a couple months ago:
'Hot Pants' = Jalepeno Infused Tequila with a Raspberry Jalepeno puree, a splash of Harlequin ( a triple sec kinda thing) Fresh squeezed lime juice and Simple Syrup. Sweet and Spicy!
The 'Isla Mujeres' is another drink from the Bar that has a Black Pepper Infused Tequila with Pomegranate and Fresh Lime simple syrup and salt. SO GOOD.
Another one I came up with is the ' Raising Arizona' which is a grapefruit maragrita. Hornitos, Grapefruit, Harlequin and thats it..no sugar no lime.
Freshly muddled or squeezed lime is essential.
But using expenisive alcohol is wasteful and rather pointless. Patron doesnt really taste like anything and its a little overrated. Chinaco is often less spendy and a bit better IMO. Corzo, which is pretty new on the market is a good alternative to Patron as well. I can tell you why its stupid to drink Greygoose Greyhounds, capecods and drivers...but it for the same reason...if you are an experienced drinker you pick these things for taste not show.
Im told that in some parts of Mexico it is standard to include a float of cheap beer in any margarita, You should try it sometime.
fill blender halfway with frozen strawberries, and another 1/4 way with ice
tequila until it reaches the halfway line
margarita mix to taste
blend and enjoy
1/2 of juiced grapefruit
1/2 of juiced lime
ice
tequilla !!!
Yes! But for some reason it is better from just putting a bit of beer from draft in the Rita.
I feel better when I drink Patron the next day in my Rita's, than cheap stuff. Isn't the word that Patron is the new Henny?
-A
1 can of frozen limeade/margarita mix
tequila
3 coronas
empty frozen mix into punchbowl, fill empty can with tequila and add to frozen mix. Add 3 coronas, mix until well blended - enjoy!
ooohh - I once had a grapefruit margarita with sugar instead of salt on the rim. quite tasty.
I hear ya! I was gonna say, you can add all the patron you want to rita's and bloody rita's and not get hung over...but for me I'd rather drink it straight and save my money for a few beers after so I can really enjoy the flavor.
We are all big Tequila lovers and apprecitate the taste and experience. So many of the joeys at the bar order patron margaritas to be cool and when they find out its $13 bucks they feel like a jackass and are too cheap to tip. If you can drink in moderation then something a little cheaper and flavorfull will only add too your margarita experience. When you use patron it just tastes like limead. Like with greygoose and cran..you cant taste the vodka when you add mixers, but yeah you wont be hungover so if you can afford to drink them..all the more power.
I do agree that cilantro and hot peppers are really good infused or even muddled into marys and ritas.
On a side, somewhat related note I need to come up with something to use with the Absoult Pear???
Any ideas or suggestions??
GreyGoose is making a Pear vodka now too that is MUCH MUCH better than absoult....but I think Absoult sucks in general
Anyways...need some ideas.
some sort of Pear martini perhaps?
I went to the bar and asked the bartender for the recipe and he said the secret was the tequila, Cazadores.
When I got back to Dallas I went to my favorite liquor store(Goody Goody: Metroplex heads know the deal) and searched the tequila aisle for the Cazadores goodness.
Not a bottle in sight amongst the $10.00 cheap ass brands or the $200.00 hipster swill.
As I was leaving I asked the cashier if he had ever heard of Cazadores and he said "Of course" while pointing to the showcase that held the $1,000 Cognacs and $2,000 bottles of Wine.
My reply was some weak ass "Oh, I didn't realize it was that expensive, I guess I'll pass".
He leaned over the counter, looked around and whispered "It's not that expensive, we just have to keep it locked up because it's the bottle that most often "walks out" of the store".
$28.00 will buy you the best bottle of Tequila you've ever tasted, guaranteed.... $42.00 for the even finer "Anejo"
http://www.cazadores.com/
Do you mean to say that a Cranberry and Aristocrat is going to taste as good as a Cranberry and Goose? I understand where you're coming from, but a good drink is a good drink, and good liquor can make most mixed drinks better. A gin and tonic with Seagram's is nowhere near as good as a G&T with even Tanquerey or Bombay (depending on your taste for gin). I think it's perfectly warrented when somebody orders a simple mixed drink with a fine liquor. Maybe the liquor snobs will turn their nose up at you but unless they got the bill, fuck 'em!
Now, some drinks obviously shouldn't use fine liquors (anything that goes in a blender, anything that mixes more than one kind of liquor, etc), but a simple drink simply tastes better with better liquor in my opinion.
Also, is it a myth or is it truth that finer liquors can give you a "cleaner" buzz? I've noticed it before, but it could be mostly psychological.
I didn't read this before I posted my last one, but I will say I can DEFINITELY taste grey goose or patron in any drink. Maybe I just don't drink enough liquor, but I've never had the problem of a drink tasting like it has absolutely no liquor in it when I get one with finer liquors. Part of the reason I do like finer liquors is because they are smoother, as I am not a hardcore liquor drinker. I will say that anybody who orders patron or goose at the bar "just to be cool" and is unaware of the cost and/or difference is a jack ass to begin with and I would be perturbed by them as well if I were a bartender.
Kettleone is a great midrange vodka but for some reason I have a very bad reaction to it ( i just dont drink the cheap stuff ever, kinda the same as my beer consumption) But Stoli and Absolut dont kill me but they are all comparable.
Im just partial to standards like stoli or mono, or bombay or jameson....I dont care for jack daniels or cuervo 1800 either if that says anything. For basic mixed drinks and really enjoy the flavor and smoothness of fine vodka and tequila and think they stand out by themselves.
Becky and Joey will end up with their head in the can no matter what they drink so I can rest knowing that.
Haha, especially the ones that still order "LIIT's".
here's their tequila menu
1921 A??EJO
1921 BLANCO
1921 RESERVA ESPECIAL
30-30 A??EJO
30-30 BLANCO
30-30 REPOSADO
3-4-5 A??EJO SUPREMO
AGAVE LOCO
AGAVERO
AGUILA AZUL
ARANDAS BLANCO
ARANDAS ORO
ALTE??O REPOSADO
ARETE BLANCO
ARETE REPOSADO
ARETE SUAVE BLANCO
ARETE SUAVE REPOSADO
ARETE GRAN CLASE
ALCATRAZ A??EJO
ALCATRAZ REPOSADO
ALACATRAZ BLANCO
ANCESTRA BLANCO
ANCESTRA BLANCO FUERTE
ANCESTRA REPOSADO
ANCESTRA A??EJO
ANCESTRA SUPREMO
ARROYO NEGRO BLANCO
ARROYO NEGRO REPOSADO
1810 BLANCO
1810 REPOSADO
1810 A??EJO
AFICIONADO BLANCO
AFICIONADO REPOSADO
AFICIONADO A??EJO
BAJA GOLD
BARRIQUE DE PONCIANO PORFIDIO
BLACK DEATH GOLD
BLACK DEATH SILVER
BERRUECO REPOSADO
BARRANCAS A??EJO
BERRUECO REPOSADO ARTESANAL
BERRUECO A??EJO PIEDRA
CABRITO REPOSADO
CABRITO BLANCO
CANCUN GOLD
CAPITAN GOLD
CASA DE CAMACHO GOLD
CASA DE CAMACHO SILVER
CASA GRANDE REPOSADO
CASTA BRAVA REPOSADO
CASTA ORO
CASTA WEBER AZUL A??EJO
CAZADORES REPOSADO
CENTENARIO PLATA
CENTENARIO REPOSADO
CENTINELA A??EJO
CENTINELA A??EJO 3 A??OS
CENTINELA BLANCO
CENTINELA REPOSADO
CHILI PEPPER GOLD
CHINACO A??EJO
CHINACO A??EJO BOWL
CHINACO BLANCO
CHINACO BLANCO BOWL
CHINACO REPOSADO
CHINACO REPOSADO BOWL
CORONADO
CORRALEJO REPOSADO
CABO WABO REPOSADO
CABO WABO BLANCO
CABO WABO A??EJO
CASA NOBLE REPOSADO
CHIMAYO REPOSADO
CENTENARIO A??EJO
CINCO DE MAYO REPOSADO
CHAMUCOS REPOSADO
CABALLO VIEJO REPOSADO
CASA NOBLE BLANCO
CASA NOBLE GOLD
CASA NOBLE A??EJO
CORRALEJO A??EJO
CORRALEJO BLANCO
CORRALEJO 3
CHARRERIA REPOSADO
CANICAS REPOSADO
CIBOLA REPOSADO
CAVA ANTIGUA REPOSADO
CAVA ANTIGUA BLANCO
CAVA ANTIGUA A??EJO
CORAZON BLANCO
CORAZON REPOSADO
CANTERA A??EJO
CASA REAL BLANCO
CASA REAL REPOSADO
CARMESI REPOSADO
CARACOL REPOSADO
DISTINQT LEMONY
DISTINQT ORANGY
DON JULIO A??EJO
DON JULIO BLANCO
DON JULIO REPOSADO
DON AGUST??N REPOSADO
DON CESAR MONTERREY GOLD
DON FERNANDO REPOSADO
DON FERNANDO A??EJO
DON FERNANDO BLANCO
DON EDUARDO A??EJO
DON EDUARDO BLANCO
DON ALEJO BLANCO
DON ALEJO REPOSADO
DON JES??S REPOSADO
DE REYES ALMENDRADO
DE REYES A??EJO
DOS CORONAS ANIVERSARIO
DOS CORONAS REPOSADO
DON JACINTO REPOSADO
DON CAMILO REPOSADO
DON CAMILO A??EJO
DEL DUE??O JEREZITO DEL DUE??O
EL AMO ACEVES
EL CHARRO REPOSADO
EL CHARRO SILVER
EL CHARRO A??EJO
EL CHARRO GRAN RESERVA
EL CONQUISTADOR A??EJO
EL CONQUISTADOR BLANCO
EL GATO SILVER
EL GRAN MATADOR GOLD
EL GRAN MATADOR SILVER
EL TESORO DE DON FELIPE A??EJO
EL TESORO DE DON FELIPE REPOSADO
EL TESORO DE DON FELIPE SILVER
EL VIEJITO A??EJO
EL VIEJITO REPOSADO
EL ANFITRION ARTESANAL
EL ANFITRION REPOSADO
EL CONQUISTADOR REPOSADO
EL PUENTE VIEJO REPOSADO
EL GRITO BLANCO
EL GRITO REPOSADO
EL TIRADOR A??EJO
ESPOLON BLANCO
ESPOLON REPOSADO
EL TESORO AZTECA BLANCO
EL REY SOL A??EJO
EL TIGRE BLANCO
EL CATRIN REPOSADO
EL TEPOROCHO
ESPOLON A??EJO
EL GRAN VIEJO A??EJO
FIESTA GOLD
FIESTA GOLD 2000
FREE SPIRIT BLANCO
FRONTERA BLANCO
FRONTERA GOLD
FARIAS A??EJO
FARIAS REPOSADO
GATO GOLD
GOLDEN AGAVE GOLD
GUSANO REAL REPOSADO
GOIRY A??EJO
HERRADURA A??EJO EXP.
HERRADURA BLANCO
HERRADURA GOLD EXP.
HERRADURA REPOSADO
HERRADURA SELECCI??N SUPREMA
HERRADURA SILVER EXP.
HUSSONGS REPOSADO
HUSSONGS A??EJO
HERENCIA DE PLATA SILVER
HERENCIA DE PLATA REPOSADO
HERENCIA DE PLATA A??EJO
HACIENDA SOTOL REPOSADO
HACIENDA DE LA FLOR A??EJO
HACIENDA DE LA FLOR REPOSADO
HACIENDA DE LA FLOR BLANCO
HONORABLE BLANCO
HONORABLE A??EJO
HACIENDA DEL CRISTERO REPOSADO
JALISCIENSE REPOSADO
JALISCIENSE A??EJO
JIMADOR REPOSADO
JIMADOR SILVER
JIMADOR A??EJO
JOSE CUERVO 1800
JOSE CUERVO 1800 COLECCI??N A??EJO
JOSE CUERVO A??EJO
JOSE CUERVO 1800 RESERVA
JOSE CUERVO BLANCO
JOSE CUERVO ESPECIAL GOLD
JOSE CUERVO MISTICO
JOSE CUERVO RESERVA DE LA FAMILIA
JOSE CUERVO TRADICIONAL
JUAREZ SILVER
JALISCO ORO
JESUS REYES REPOSADO
JESUS REYES BLANCO
LA PAZ ORO
LA PAZ BLANCO
LAPIZ A??EJO
LAPIZ PLATINUM
LAS TRANCAS REPOSADO
LAS TRANCAS A??EJO
LAS TRANCAS BLANCO
LOS ALTOS REPOSADO
LOS TRES ALEGRES COMPADRES GOLD
LA PINTA
LAGO AZUL
LOS VALIENTES REPOSADO
MEZCAL CHICHICAPA
MEZCAL CORD??N
MEZCAL DE OLLA TONAYAN
MEZCAL DEL MAESTRO
MEZCAL DON AMADO
MEZCAL DONAJI
MEZCAL DOS GUSANOS
MEZCAL EL SE??OR BLANCO
MEZCAL EL SE??OR GOLD
MEZCAL TALAPA
MEZCAL ENCANTADO
MEZCAL GUSANO ROJO
MEZCAL MINERO
MEZCAL MONTEALBAN
MEZCAL MONTE
MEZCAL SAN LUIS DEL RIO
MEZCAL SANTO DOMINGO
MEZCAL TONAYAN
MEZCAL TONAYAN A??EJO ESPECIAL
MISION IMPERIAL
MONTEZUMA BLANCO
MONTEZUMA GOLD
MONTEZUMA BLUE
MEZCAL MAYA
MEZCAL TEHUANA
MEZCAL BENEVA
MEZCAL TOBALA
MI VIEJO A??EJO
MILAGRO ROMANCE
MILAGRO REPOSADO
MILAGRO BLANCO
MILAGRO A??EJO
MILAGRO A??EJO RESERVA
MARGARITA VILLE BLANCO MARGARITA VILLE GOLD
MUSTANGO REPOSADO
MEXICALI REPOSADO
MILENIUM CUERNITO GOLD
MILENIUM CUERNITO SILVER
MIL PENCAS A??EJO ARTESANO
MIL PENCAS REPOSADO ARTESANO
MIL PENCAS REPOSADO
MIL PENCAS BLNCO
MIXTON
MI TIERRA REPOSADO
MI TIERRA A??EJO
MICO SILVER
MICO GOLD
NOBLE ESPECIAL
NATIVO BLANCO
NATIVO REPOSADO
NACIONAL
ORO AZUL ARTESANAL REPOSADO
ORO AZUL BLANCO
ORO AZUL A??EJO EXTRA
ORO AZUL BLANCO ARTESANAL
ORO AZUL REPOSADO
ORGULLO DE JALISCO REPOSADO
PAJARO ROJO GOLD
PARRANDA BLACK
PATRON A??EJO
PATRON LICOR DE CAF??
PATRON REPOSADO
PATRON SILVER
PEPE LOPEZ BLANCO
PEPE LOPEZ GOLD
PORFIDIO A??EJO 2
PORFIDIO BARRIQUE REPOSADO
PORFIDIO CACCTUS A??EJO
PORFIDIO PLATA 3
PORFIDIO SILVER
POTTERS
PRESTIGE BLANCO
PRESTIGE ORO
PUEBLO VIEJO A??EJO
PUEBLO VIEJO BLANCO
PUEBLO VIEJO REPOSADO
PUERTO VALLARTA BLANCO
PUERTO VALLARTA ORO
PUERTO VALLARTA REPOSADO
PARADISO EL TESORO DE DON FELIPE
PANCHO VILLA SILVER
PANCHO VILLA GOLD
PENCA AZUL
QUITO GOLD
QUITA PENAS BLANCO
QUITA PENAS REPOSADO
REAL HACIENDA A??EJO
REAL HACIENDA REPOSADO
REAL HACIENDA SILVER
REVOLUCION REPOSADO
RIO DE PLATA A??EJO
REGIONAL A??EJO
REGIONAL BLANCO
REGIONAL REPOSADO
REFORMADOR REPOSADO
RAZA AZTECA REPOSADO
RAZA AZTECA BLANCO
REY DE COPAS REPOSADO
REY DE COPAS A??EJO
RIO GRANDE BLANCO
RIO GRANDE GOLD
SAN MATIAS BLANCO
SAN MATIAS REPOSADO
SAUZA BLANCO
SAUZA CONMEMORATIVO A??EJO
SAUZA EXTRA
SAUZA GALARDON
SAUZA GIRO BLANCO
SAUZA GIRO ORO
SAUZA HORNITOS
SAUZA TRES GENERACIONES
SAUZA TRES GENERACIONES BLANCO
SAUZA TRIADA A??EJO
STALLION
TEQ-ORO
TARANTULA AZUL
TEMPO GOLD
TENOCH REPOSADO
TEQUILA AND TRIPLE SEC GOLD
TEQUILA GOLD
TEQUILA MARGARITA
TEQUILA ROSE
TEQUILA SILVER
TORADA A??EJO
TQ HOT
TRES MUJERES BLANCO
TRES MUJERES REPOSADO
TRES MUJERES REPOSADO PIEL
TWISTED SH EILAS
TWO FINGERS BLANCO
TWO FINGERS GOLD
TEPOROCHO SILVER
TEPOROCHO GOLD
TEQUILA TE QUIERO
TESORO AZTECA
TESORO AZTECA A??EJO
TESORO AZTECA RESERVA
TEQUIPAL COCO
TEQUIPAL CANELA
TEQUIPAL MANGO
TEQUIPAL CAF??
TEQUIPAL FRESA
TEQUIPAL DURAZNO
TONALA REPOSADO
TRES REYES GOL
TOLTECH BLANCO
TOLTECH GOLD
TEQUILA ALMENDRADO DEL SE??OR
TEQUILA ALMENDRADO DE REYES
TEQUILA CREAM COCO
TEQUILA CREAM CAF??
TEQUILA CREAM FRESA
TEQUILA MEXICALI
TECOLOTE
TLATOANI REPOSADO
VIUDA DE ROMERO A??EJO
VIUDA DE ROMERO GOLD
VIUDA DE ROMERO REPOSADO
ZAFARRANCHO GOLD
ZAFARRANCHO REPOSADO
XR AZUL REPOSADO
XQ A??EJO
XQ REPOSADO
XQ PLATA
Im a bartender too, and i wanted to know if you have ever had Pearl Vodka. We no longer get it and I was wondering if you had it in your neck of the woods.
elise
thats funny. When I worked in a bar Becky and Joey were known as Jenny and Chad.
the truth is
a good drink is a good drink, and good liquor can make most mixed drinks better.
Just 'cause they can stand alone as good drinks on their own- dosent mean it's a waste in a cocktail. That's like some weird mixed pretension, it makes a better cocktail too.
Next level bloody mary:
Vodka
tomato
wasabi
soy sauce
skip that celery shit