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Cheers National Tequila Day with these drink recipes© Casamigos

Celebrate National Tequila Day with these tasty cocktail recipes

Enjoy the July 24th holiday with these delicious drinks


JULY 22, 2022 2:20 PM EDT

Cue The Champs’ Tequila song because Friday, July 24, is National Tequila Day. While we don’t need an official “day” to enjoy a margarita or throw back a shot, the holiday is the perfect excuse (if you’re 21 or older). In honor of National Tequila Day, HOLA! USA has found several refreshing cocktail recipes that are sure to have you singing one tequila, two tequila, three tequila...MORE!

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Casa Paloma

Ingredients:

-2 oz. Casamigos Reposado Tequila

-.75 oz. Fresh Grapefruit Juice

-.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

-.25 oz. Agave Nectar

-Grapefruit Soda (Suggested San Pellegrino Grapefruit Soda)

-Half-Moon Grapefruit Slice

Method:

Combine all of the ingredients into a shaker. Add ice, shake vigorously, and strain into a rocks glass. Add fresh ice, top off with grapefruit soda and garnish with a half-moon grapefruit slice.

Volcan De Mi Tierra Tequila Blanco© Courtesy

Mexican Negroni

Ingredients:

- 1oz Volcán De Mi Tierra Tequila Blanco

- 1oz mL Campari

- 1oz mL sweet vermouth

Method:

Pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice into the mixing glass. Stir until chilled. Fill rocks glass with ice. Strain the liquid into the glass. Strain the liquid into the glass using a julep strainer. Garnish with an orange or pink grapefruit wedge

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Austin Cocktails Perfect Bergamot Orange Margarita

Ingredients:

-Austin Cocktails Perfect Bergamot Orange Margarita

-Ice

-Lime

Method:

Shake your Austin Cocktails Perfect Bergamot Orange Margarita, pour over ice, and garnish with lime.

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Grand Margarita

Ingredients:

- 1 part Grand Marnier® Cordon Rouge

- 1 part Tequila

- .5 part Fresh Lime Juice

- Ice cubes - Lime Garnish

Method:

Fill a wide, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fine salt. Cut a lime in half at the width and rub around half of the rim of a margarita glass. Cut a thin, crosswise slice from one of the lime halves for garnish. Holding glass upside down, dip wet half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass and apply lime garnish to the rim.

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The Manzarita

Ingredients:

-2 Parts Tequila Blanco

-¾ Part St-Germain French Elderflower Liqueur

-1 ½ Parts Pressed Apple Juice

-Dash of Ground Cinnamon

-3-4 Wedges Fresh Lemon

-Apple Slices

Method:

Muddle lemon wedges and cinnamon in a mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and garnish with an apple slice, or a cinnamon stick.

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Tanteo Tequila Sweet Heat Margarita

Ingredients:

- 2 oz. Tanteo Jalapeño Tequila

- 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

- 0.5 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 a raspberry skewer.

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Casa Mint Lemonade

Ingredients:

-2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

-.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

-.5 oz. Simple Syrup

-8-10 Mint Leaves

-Lemon Wheel

-Mint Sprig

Method:

Combine all of the ingredients, except lemonade, into a tin shaker. Muddle mint and add ice. Shake vigorously, then fine strain into a collins glass. Add fresh ice. Top off with lemonade and garnish with the lemon wheel inside of the glass and tuck the mint sprig behind the lemon wheel.

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Mangoneada

Ingredients:

- 1 ½ oz. Tequila CAZADORES Blanco

- 1 oz. Mango Juice or Puree

- 1 oz. Lime Juice - ½ oz.

- Agave Nectar

Method:

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice, shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass with a Tajin and chamoy rim.

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Blood Orange Margarita

Ingredients:

- 2 oz. Corralejo Tequila Reposado

- 2 oz. Blood Orange Juice - Fresh Squeezed

- 1⁄2 oz. Lime Juice

- 1⁄2 oz. Agave Nectar

Method:

Combine ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain over ice in a rock’s glass. Garnish with a blood orange wheel. Salt rim.

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Cutwater Spirits Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

- 1.5oz Cutwater Reposado tequila

- .5oz Cutwater Mezcal

- .25oz agave syrup

- 1 dash angostura bitters

Method:

Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with an orange zest.

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Cincoro Margarita

Ingredients:

-2 oz Cincoro Blanco Tequila

-1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

-¾ oz Cointreau

-¼ oz Agave Nectar

-Lime Wheel

Method:

Shake all of the ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a Double Old-Fashioned glass. Garnish with the lime wheel.

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Los Arango La Reina

Ingredients:

- 1⁄2 oz. Los Arango Blanco Tequila

- 4 Dashes Pink Peppercorn Tincture

- 1⁄4 oz. Sweet Vermouth

- 2 Drops Rose Water

- 3⁄4 oz. Dry Rosé Method:

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake well. Rim a Nick n Nora glass with cracked pink/black peppercorn salt. Hawthorne and fine strain the cocktail into your prepped glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist. Garnish with a grapefruit twist and salt cracked pink and peppercorn rim.

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The Pastinaca

Ingredients:

-1 Part Tequila - Silver

-½ Part Mezcal

-1 Part St-Germain French Elderflower Liqueur

-½ Part Lime Juice

-¾ Part Grapefruit Juice Cayenne Pepper (rim)

-Salt (rim)

-Chili Powder (rim)

Method:

Shake all of the ingredients with ice and pour into an ice-filled rocks glass (chili salt rim optional). Garnish with a lime wedge.

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Pepinos Pistol

Ingredients:

-45 ml Patron Silver

-15 ml Grey Goose La Poire

-30 ml Apple Juice

-15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice

-15 ml Simple Syrup

-Cucumber Slice

Method:

Shake and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with a slice of cucumber.

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Sparkling Mango & Spice, Courtesy of Volley

Ingredients:

-1.5 oz Tequila

-1.0 oz Organic Mango Jalapeno Mixer

-3.0 oz Volley Zesty Lime Spiked Seltzer

-Lime Wheel

Method:

Add tequila and Organic Mango Jalapeno Mixer to a shaker. Add ice and shake well. Pour into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top off with Volley Zesty Lime Spiked Seltzer and stir once to mix. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Casa Aperol Spritz

Ingredients:

-1 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

-1 oz. Aperol

-2 oz. Chilled Prosecco

-2 Dashes Grapefruit Bitters

-2 Dashes Peychauds Bitters

-Club Soda

-Cara Cara Orange Wheel

Method:

Combine all of the ingredients, except chilled Prosecco and club soda, directly into a white wine glass. Add ice into the wine glass, then top off with chilled Prosecco and splash with club soda. Garnish with the orange wheel.

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PATRÓN Añejo Highball

Ingredients:

- 1.5 oz Patrón Añejo

- 5 oz Club soda

- Orange twist

Method:

Fill a highball or collins glass with ice, the clearest and coldest available. Add Patrón Añejo and club soda, stir gently from the bottom up. Garnish with an expressed peel of orange.

National tequila day© Cutwater Spirits Rayador Tequila

Cutwater Spirits Rayador Tequila Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients:

-2 oz Cutwater Rayador Tequila Blanco

-1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

-1/2 oz Agave Syrup

-1/2 oz Watermelon Juice

*Optional Dash of Spicy Bitters

Method:

Add all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake until cold and strain over fresh ice in a Tajin rimmed glass. Garnish with a watermelon slice.