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re: Hard to beat a fresh margarita this time of year (Summer Cocktail Thread)
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:58 pm to VABuckeye
Posted on 5/27/21 at 4:58 pm to VABuckeye
quote:Bookmarked! Going for the first time in November.
Sazon in Miami makes the best damned mojito I have ever had and I've been to Havana. It's perfection. Cuban Diner.
This post was edited on 5/28/21 at 5:41 pm
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Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:03 pm to VABuckeye
I use one of these. I buy a big bag of limes at the beginning of the week and juice them all at once. Strain them into a squeeze bottle and put it in the fridge.
That way, when it’s time to make margaritas most of the work is already done. The juice is all gone by the end of the weekend.
That way, when it’s time to make margaritas most of the work is already done. The juice is all gone by the end of the weekend.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:09 pm to bayoubengals88
Lived a few years in South America and still travel the area regularly. While most of my time was in Argentina, I did fall in love with a well made Brazillian caipirinha when it was hot muggy and miserable.
Like most well known, almost national drinks, everyone has their own twist. But, basic is best. It is simply lime, super fine sugar, and cachaça (a sugar cane liqour). It is great in that fashion.
But, add in some higher alcohol volume spiced rum, splash of soda water, and a dash of mint leaves and you get a delicious caipirinha/mojito hybrid that is all weather/all season but best in the summer heat. I call it the Che, and it's delicious.
Original caipirinha:
Like most well known, almost national drinks, everyone has their own twist. But, basic is best. It is simply lime, super fine sugar, and cachaça (a sugar cane liqour). It is great in that fashion.
But, add in some higher alcohol volume spiced rum, splash of soda water, and a dash of mint leaves and you get a delicious caipirinha/mojito hybrid that is all weather/all season but best in the summer heat. I call it the Che, and it's delicious.
Original caipirinha:
Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:28 pm to bayoubengals88
LINK
I make quite a few variations of a margarita, but this one is probably my favorite:
MARGARITA
Serves: 1
INGREDIENTS
3 OZ. TEQUILA
1 OZ. GRAND MARINER
1½ OZ. LIME JUICE
1 OZ. HONEY WATER (1 PART HONEY, 1 PART WATER)
LIME CIRCLE
GLASS TYPE: OLD-FASHIONED
INSTRUCTIONS
Add ice to your old-fashioned glass.
Add the tequila, lime juice and honey water to your shaker with ice.
Shake.
Pour shaken contents into your prepared glass.
Top with Grand Mariner.
Artfully place your lime circle on top.
Enjoy.
Make another.
Enjoy that one too.
I make quite a few variations of a margarita, but this one is probably my favorite:
MARGARITA
Serves: 1
INGREDIENTS
3 OZ. TEQUILA
1 OZ. GRAND MARINER
1½ OZ. LIME JUICE
1 OZ. HONEY WATER (1 PART HONEY, 1 PART WATER)
LIME CIRCLE
GLASS TYPE: OLD-FASHIONED
INSTRUCTIONS
Add ice to your old-fashioned glass.
Add the tequila, lime juice and honey water to your shaker with ice.
Shake.
Pour shaken contents into your prepared glass.
Top with Grand Mariner.
Artfully place your lime circle on top.
Enjoy.
Make another.
Enjoy that one too.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 5:46 pm to bayoubengals88
I recently found a recipe for Ranch water I really like.
2 shots tequila.
1 shot lime juice.
Pour in glass with ice. Fill glass with carbonated water (I use topo Chico)
It’s margarita like but doesn’t have any bite and is super refreshing.
2 shots tequila.
1 shot lime juice.
Pour in glass with ice. Fill glass with carbonated water (I use topo Chico)
It’s margarita like but doesn’t have any bite and is super refreshing.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 6:56 pm to GatorReb
quote:...as we speak friend
Ranch water
Posted on 5/27/21 at 7:14 pm to Che Boludo
quote:Oh man. That looks delicious and refreshing.
Like most well known, almost national drinks, everyone has their own twist. But, basic is best. It is simply lime, super fine sugar, and cachaça (a sugar cane liqour). It is great in that fashion.
But, add in some higher alcohol volume spiced rum, splash of soda water, and a dash of mint leaves and you get a delicious caipirinha/mojito hybrid that is all weather/all season but best in the summer heat. I call it the Che, and it's delicious.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 10:43 pm to Che Boludo
Thanks! That's one I've never run across but will definitely try to make it this summer. I dated a girl from Colombia for a while and got hooked on Aguardiente for a while, but had some recently and wondered what I was thinking.
Posted on 5/27/21 at 11:13 pm to Sherman Klump
quote:
I would love to find some freshly squeezed lime juice. I hate juicing limes - especially when I get a bad batch of them.
Where can you find 100% fresh lime juice?
Jewel, the grocery store chain in Chicago does fresh squeezed juices, and we always get lime and orange for our margs. I assume publix does too. Note: fresh lime is REALLY tart, which is why you need orange and agave nectar
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:25 am to RadicalRedhead
quote:
dated a girl from Colombia
quote:
hooked on Aguardiente
quote:
had some recently and wondered what I was thinking.
you answered your own question. The things we do for love. I similarly got hooked on Fernet y Colas (aka: fernet con coca) in Argentina. It is simply coke with Fernet-Branca over ice.
To say it is an acquired taste is to put it lightly. You really have to work at it to like it. Very herbal and bitter. The reaction with the coke causes a filmy head on the coke.
But, oddly enough, I found myself ordering them regularly within my first year there. I still occasionally pick up a bottle when I get a taste for it. And, everytime, I have the same "what was I thinking" moment.
It is an Italian liqour but Argentina and Uruguay consume over 75% of it globally. It's rough, but supposedly sophisticated. Much like my disdain for skotch, it is entirely possible my palate is simply unrefined. Fernet is a well known "bartender's handshake" at upscale bars.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 1:33 pm to Sherman Klump
quote:
Where can you find 100% fresh lime juice?
Don’t know about fresh but I have used this and it was ok.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 1:42 pm to AUCE05
quote:Hmmmm
Orange LA Croix, Blanco Tequila, and fresh lime juice
Posted on 5/28/21 at 1:50 pm to bayoubengals88
quote:
What’s your tequila of choice?
Cazadores resposado... It was on the mini bar in our honeymoon suite and now I'm forever partial to it
Posted on 5/28/21 at 2:24 pm to highcotton2
I use this. Cheaper than buying limes and cant tell a difference in taste.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 2:40 pm to bayoubengals88
Don Julio blanco
Cointreau
FRESH lime juice
Dash of agave nectar
BOOM
Cointreau
FRESH lime juice
Dash of agave nectar
BOOM
Posted on 5/28/21 at 2:44 pm to Marciano1
quote:
Don Julio blanco
Cointreau
FRESH lime juice
Dash of agave nectar
Pretty much the route I go.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 2:45 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
mojito
I have a mint plant just so I can make these all summer long.
Posted on 5/30/21 at 8:08 pm to Marciano1
Posted on 5/30/21 at 10:01 pm to bayoubengals88
The Zing-Zang all natural margarita mix is the best bottled mix out there. The only thing it is extremely sweet.
Posted on 7/3/21 at 12:37 pm to tlsu15
I'd just like to say frick you! I rarely drink hard alcohol, usually just beer. I made these a couple of weeks ago and got so fricked up, I passed out at a friend's and forgot to tell my wife where I was. I woke up at 4am on his couch and walked home. She was not happy!
Seriously they are delicious!
Round 2 today. We are gonna be in the pool all day drinking these with some friends. I'm gonna try to get them druuuunk.
Seriously they are delicious!
Round 2 today. We are gonna be in the pool all day drinking these with some friends. I'm gonna try to get them druuuunk.
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