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Toast To Love With These 8 Valentine’s Day Cocktails!

Chilled Magazine

Tequila Aphrodite’s Arrow by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice Agave Syrup or Simple Syrup, to taste 2 strawberries Lemonade, to top Soda Water, to top Preparation In a shaking tin, add strawberries and muddle. Patron Silver 3/4 oz.

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We Asked 17 Bartenders: What Tequila Cocktail Do You Wish People Ordered More?

VinePair

Ask the average person to name a tequila cocktail, and they’re likely to blurt out “Margarita.” Ask a bartender the same question, however, and they may give you a different answer. To find out what those other beverages are, we asked 17 bartenders what tequila cocktail deserves a little more love from their guests.

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Stop Asking Your Bartender for Skinny Margaritas

VinePair

But despite its ubiquity, no one can seem to agree on what ingredients actually go into the cocktail, which presents a particular challenge for your bartender and can potentially result in you ending up with a drink that isnt exactly what you wanted. To that, I usually say, So you want tequila and lime juice?

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Ask a Bartender: Is Triple Sec Needed for Margaritas?

VinePair

When it comes to what actually qualifies as a Margarita, there are technically three mandatory ingredients: tequila , lime juice, and triple sec, an orange liqueur. Considering the relatively low ABV of most triple secs and orange liqueurs, the orange flavoring isn’t as “juice-forward,” which allows the tequila to shine.

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Mastering Extracts and Essences With Sunken Harbor Club’s Garret Richard

VinePair

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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New Year’s Cocktails With Sparkle for 2023

Cheers

Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion, created this recipe for Le Jardinier in New York. Print French 24 Course Drinks Keyword grapefruit soda, pommegranate, sparkling rosé, tequila Ingredients 1 oz. Tequila ¾ oz. Raspberry simple syrup ¼ oz.

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The Weirdest Drink Modification Requests, According to Bartenders

VinePair

.’” —Cody Pruitt, managing partner and beverage director, Libertine , NYC “I have had so many strange requests, but a few that come to mind are a warm Margarita, a cup of hot coffee with a whole egg, and a shot of simple syrup — not to add to a drink, they actually drank it.” What’s next? Rum in the original Vodka Soda !?”

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