It’s Been A Long Week: National Tequila Day Edition
As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make yourself a glass or two, on us — you deserve it.
National Tequila Day is truly every day, but yesterday, July 24th, it was officially marked on the calendar. While a tequila soda or a simple margarita will always do, we’ve racked up a few yummy, and fun cocktails. Plus, insider advice: you can substitute any spirit for tequila in virtually all classic cocktails for a tropical spin. Turn up the reggaeton, or mariachi (your pick!) and salud!
(Available at Irvington)
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Casamigos Blanco tequila
- .75 oz Thai chile Aperol
- 1 oz fresh grapefruit juice
- .5 oz fresh lime juice
- .5 oz simple syrup
Method:
- Shake
- Highball
- Soda float
- Garnish with a grapefruit slice
(Available at Chinese Tuxedo)
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Volcan de mi Tierra Blanco
- .75 oz fresh lime juice
- .75 oz Grapefruit Szechuan Oleo Saccharum
- soda
Method:
- Add ingredients to the tin and shake and strain into a collins glass
- Top with soda
- Garnish with a lime wheel and pinch of Tajin
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Don Julio Reposado
- 1.5 oz blood orange juice
- .5 oz lime juice
- .5 oz agave
- club soda
- salt and paprika
Method:
- Combine all ingredients excluding the club soda and shake in a tin with ice
- Strain over fresh ice in a paprika salt-rimmed glass
- Top with club soda
- Garnish with a blood-orange wheel
