VinePair

MAY 1, 2024

As tequila inches in on vodka’s title of best-selling spirit in the U.S., For every mass-market trend (cristalino, RTDs) there’s emerged a niche counter movement for tapped-in enthusiasts to enjoy, such as still-strength blancos, and infused curados. Here are the 30 best tequilas to drink in 2024.

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VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

While tequilas rise in popularity grabs headlines and drives conversations, vodka remained the top-selling spirit in the U.S. Its semi-savory quality led us at Pitts to pairing it with sumac in a highball, but our house Cosmo recipe uses a hefty pour of the vodka as the base. Were still living in a vodka world. in 2024, raking in $7.2

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

These ingredients infuse cocktails with fresh, vibrant, and complex flavors that are both refreshing and satisfying. Infusions are another excellent method, allowing the herbs to steep in spirits or syrups for a more concentrated flavor. Shake well and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Add tequila and ice.

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VinePair

JUNE 3, 2024

In its standard form, the tequila – triple sec-lime juice concoction is the third most popular cocktail in the world , and the most ordered in the United States. The easy-to-make cocktail calls for just tequila, triple sec, and lime juice, though its simplicity should not be underestimated. ounces of fresh lime juice.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Unlike spirits like tequila or bourbon, there are no legal requirements for spirits producers to follow in order to call their product gin. Most classic gin cocktails can be categorized into spirit-forward sips (like Martinis and Negronis), sours (like the Gimlet), and highballs (Gin and Tonic). On to the cocktails!

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Cheers

AUGUST 21, 2024

Print Guavabuena Course Drinks Keyword club soda, Guava nectar, honey syrup, lime, mint, tequila Ingredients 2 parts Espolón Tequila Reposado 2 parts Guava nectar ¾ parts Honey syrup ¾ parts Lime juice 3 parts Club soda 5 Fresh mint leaves Instructions Add all ingredients into a shaker except for the club soda.

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

“Well, two, technically: tequila or mezcal.” The drink, to her mind, is a Daisy featuring tequila , lime juice, and orange liqueur. There’s a Margarita & Soda, which reinvents the drink as a highball. And now we have Margaritas, because tequila is the fad, not vodka. And Mix will reply, “No, that’s a cocktail.”

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Essential spirits include vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey, each offering a unique flavor profile. Consider having a selection of rocks glasses, martini glasses, and highball glasses to suit different drink styles. Another way to add creativity is by infusing your own spirits.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

You’re a bartender or home bar enthusiast who just made a spirit infusion. However, the infusions dominating the current cocktail bar scene are elevated ingredients made by creative, forward-thinking bartenders as a way to riff on classic builds. As sophisticated as these infusions can be, they also share some low-brow origins.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

Garret makes his in a separatory funnel for easy extraction but assures me that it would be fine to replicate at home by straining the completed infusion through mesh or a paper filter. I’ve had success in the past with hibiscus infusions and love its tart complexity, so dried hibiscus was my starting point. Briefly stir to combine.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The easiest cocktails to master, according to bartenders: Manhattan Cuba Libre Moscow Mule Daiquiri Vodka Martini Old Fashioned Whiskey Highball Honeysuckle Negroni Vodka Soda “The easiest drink to master, from my perspective, is the classic Manhattan. Karynn Brown, bartender, Amor y Amargo , NYC “I would have to say the Whiskey Highball.

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PubClub

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

And here’s how to elevate your National Margarita day with a receipe for a special margarita as well information on 1800’s Cucumber & Jalapeño tequila. 1800® Spicy Margarita Ingredients: 2 oz 1800® Cucumber & Jalapeño Tequila 1 oz Lime Juice.75 Crafted from 100% Weber blue agave harvested at its peak.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Strain into a highball glass with ice. Print Let It Snow Course Drinks Keyword blanco tequila, coconut milk, lime, orange liqueur, white cranberry juice Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Blanco tequila 1 ½ oz. Aged rum infused with candy canes 1 oz. . Heavy cream 2 oz.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

Add ice to a highball glass. Our writers have also suggested some engaging variations using reposado tequila and rum. Paloma Sometime in the 1950s, when Squirt soda became popular in Mexico, Jalisco locals are said to have begun mixing the grapefruit-flavored soda with tequila. blanco tequila or mezcal 4 oz. Pimm’s No.

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

But once upon a time, back when Dante opened in 2015, the cocktail to drink was the Garibaldi, an obscure highball made of Campari and “fluffy” orange juice and topped with an orange wedge. This mecca of Italianate drinking makes one of the most reliable versions of Italy’s greatest cocktail, and it is the bar’s best-seller.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Credit: Jeff Brown While many bars turn to fat-washing or expensive infusions to deliver elevated drinks to their guests, Sebastian found a way to create an experience that can’t be replicated by simply buying the highest quality ingredients; these flavors have to be made with patience and care. Like, a 100-year-old soy sauce — that’s luxury.”

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PubClub

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A bottle of Baileys and Astral Tequila on the PubClub.com tiki bar. Astral Tequila Mistletoe Margarita This is the Astral Tequila: Mistletoe Margarita. oz Astral Tequila Blanco 0.75 oz Astral Tequila Blanco 0.75 Tequila Don Julio: Cinnamon Old Fashioned This is the Don Julio Cinnamon Old Fashioned.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Exploring Floral Liqueurs Floral liqueurs are distilled spirits infused with the essence of flowers, adding a concentrated burst of flavor to cocktails. Complements gin, vodka, and tequila. Blending: The infused alcohol is often blended with other ingredients like sugar to create the final liqueur. Violet (e.g.,

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Spiritz

AUGUST 14, 2024

In the modern bar scene, these savoury and umami-infused cocktails are becoming increasingly popular, often taking the place of classic cocktails. For instance, there are bars that offer twists on the classic Martini and highballs. Further, tequila-based cocktails have become a new favourite among cocktail enthusiasts.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

El Nacimiento Tequila Reposado Tequila regulations dictate that reposados can spend up to 364 days in oak, and all too often the aging vessel dominates the final spirit. Not only apt for sipping, mix with fizzy water for a classy highball when session drinks are on the agenda. That said, any tequila bottled above the U.S.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Turmeric Infusions and Syrups To incorporate turmeric into cocktails, create infusions by steeping fresh turmeric root or high-quality turmeric powder in spirits like vodka or gin. Classic Golden Twists Golden Turmeric Margarita 2 oz Tequila Blanco 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice 0.75 Shake well and strain into a salt-rimmed glass.

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

From Dish to Drink Culinary-inspired cocktails are not a new trend — just look to modern classics like Don Lee’s “ Benton’s Old Fashioned ” that served breakfast in a glass and launched the fat washing technique all the way back in 2007, at PDT, or his buttered popcorn rum and Coke the “Cinema Highball” from the same era.

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Cocktail Contessa

JUNE 12, 2022

Instead of just water, the simple syrup uses lemon juice and is infused with lemon zest to infuse intense citrus flavors in the syrup. Make It With Fancy Homemade Lemonade In fact, if you want to make some of the best lemonade you’ve ever had, use this recipe for lemon simple syrup for the sweet portion of the lemonade.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

in Venice, CA, uses a passion fruit reduction to temper fieryserrano-infused lime juice in hisPassionate Serrano Margarita. Liqueur , Tequila Passionate Serrano Margarita by Charles Voudouris, Team Downey Venice, CA Ingredients 3 oz. Don Julio Silver Blanco Tequila 2 oz. Tequila oz. Blanco Tequila oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As a positive offshoot, many cutting-edge bars have judgment-free vibes and menus that give crowd-pleasing Margaritas just as much care and attention as lacto-fermented mushroom infusions. Highball’s Land of Mountains. Its a promising playlist. Grey Hen takes cues from Prohibition-era Chinatown.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Indulge in a banana coconut milkshake with rhum agricole and Benedictine at the 24-hour Beginner’s Diner or end the night with a tequila and aged rum Espresso Martini at supper club Lou Lou’s Jungle Room. Mothership Mothership steers away from the tiki bar trope by infusing its 1,500-square-foot space with immersive sci-fi elements.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Vodka infused with dill, celery, and mustard seed and dry vermouth infused with mustard results in a spot-on recreation of the potluck staple’s flavors in this delicious riff. ” Nothing Bundt Pan: pistachio-infused gin, pineapple, cherry, lime, Calpico, pandan, and garnished with marshmallows and a cherry. .

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 2, 2025

Did you know that infusing vodka, gin, whiskey, or other spirits with fruit is incredibly easy, quick, and rewarding? Why infuse your liquor? About fifteen years ago, I made my first liquor infusions for a July 4th party. Fat washing is a type of infusion that lends the flavors and texture of a type of fat or oil to a spirit.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Plum Boulevardier at Bar Goto Niban Credit: VinePair Staff You can’t really go wrong with any of the well-crafted cocktails or highballs at Bar Goto Niban (the Sakura Martini, with its mix of gin and sake, is a popular order). Here are the best things to drink in NYC this November, according to our editors.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For instance, Gin & Juice, the RTD line of ready-to-drink cocktails from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, are available Chicago-based Puttshack , a tech-infused mini-golf concept, and the movie house chain AMC Theatres. Menus across the country are infusing their drinks with functional mushrooms. Pittsburgh restaurant Scratch & Co.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 24, 2024

No matter how many bottles of gin , bourbon , or tequila your collection boasts, you can say goodbye to most of the worlds most iconic cocktails without these relevant supporting actors. A Spanish, wine-based bitter red aperitivo, this liqueur is fruity and light, and ideal for simple summer highballs. How do you serve liqueur?

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Advanced Mixology

MARCH 25, 2025

Bitters and Infusions Provide Depth The spice cabinet of mixology, if you will. Add herbs, fruit, or spice to infuse the spirits for another approach to creating signature flavor to differentiate the drink. Glassware matters A coupe, highball, or rocks glass enhances experience and presentation. That is by design.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Shake with ice and strain into a highball glass filled with ice. 170 calories, 7g sugar): Muddle 4 cucumber slices and 2 jalapeño slices with 2 oz tequila, 1 oz lime juice, and 0.75 200 calories, 8g sugar): Blend 1/4 avocado, 2 oz tequila, 1 oz lime juice, and 0.75 Cucumber Mint Gin Fizz (Approx. oz simple syrup.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Tequila: Tequila, particularly blanco tequila, brings a vibrant agave flavor that is surprisingly refreshing in brunch settings. Opt for 100% agave blanco tequila for the best flavor, such as Espolòn or Patrón Silver. Top with soda water. Garnish with a basil leaf and a lemon wheel.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Havana Club), Tequila (e.g., Barware: Shaker (Cocktail Kingdom Koriko), strainer, jigger, muddler, bar spoon, various glassware (coupe, highball). The Jolly Rancher Margarita: (Popular for its sweet and fruity flavor) Blend 2 oz tequila, 1 oz lime juice, 0.75 Infused Spirits: Infuse vodka with berries or citrus peels for a week.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Essential Spirits: Vodka, gin, rum, and tequila – consider mid-range brands like Tito’s Vodka or Tanqueray Gin for versatility. Glassware: Champagne flutes, wine glasses, highball glasses, and rocks glasses. Rosemary Grapefruit Paloma: Combine tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and rosemary simple syrup.

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