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heat wave

1.5 oz white tequila 1 oz pineapple juice .5 oz lime juice .5 oz simple syrup habañero hot sauce to taste (my baseline is probably around .5 tsp) combine ingredients over ice and shake.  strain over ice into a goblet … Continue reading

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summer babe (winter version)

1.5 oz white tequila .75 oz pamplemousse grapefruit liqueur .5 oz grapefruit juice .5 oz lime juice .5 oz aperol combine all but aperol over ice and shake.  strain over fresh ice into a collins glass. sink aperol.  lime garnish.

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costa brava

1 1/2 oz white tequila 1/2 oz zirbenze stone pine liqueur 3/4 oz grapefruit juice 1/2 oz lime juice 1/4 oz simple syrup   combine ingredients over ice and shake.  strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. orange zest … Continue reading

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mexican standoff

1 1/2 oz white tequila 1/2 oz bonal gentiane-quina liqueur 1/4 oz cynar 1/4 oz pernod combine ingredients over ice and stir.  strain into a chilled coupe or martini shell. lemon zest garnish. the bar was out of green chartreuse … Continue reading

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slow burn tequila (updated)

3 oranges, pithed, peeled, and sliced thin 5-6 cinnamon sticks 2-4 anaheim or korean peppers, sliced 4 thai chilis, sliced 2 ruby peppers, crushed 2 bottles of white tequila   i’ve been experimenting with this one, since the first batch … Continue reading

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slow burn tequila

3 oranges, sliced thin 2 cinnamon sticks 2 ruby peppers 3 fresno peppers, sliced   combine with roughly two bottles of white tequila.  soak for 4-5 days.  any more and the spice gets out of hand. i’m really happy with … Continue reading

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frankenstein’s monster

1 1/2 oz cinnamon-apple tequila 1/2 oz fermented bean paste 1/4 oz garlic-ginger soy sauce 1/2 oz lime juice 2 cucumber slices ginger beer   combine all over ice.  shake and strain over fresh ice in a salt-rimmed bucket.   … Continue reading

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one two punch

1 1/2 oz white tequila 1/2 oz blueberry-tarragon syrup 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz pineapple juice sugar/salt rim   combine ingredients over ice. shake and strain into a bucket over fresh ice.   just a quick and dirty punch … Continue reading

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cinnamon-apple tequila

this one’s still in the experimental stages, so i only made about a pint, but i think it’s got some real potential.  i found a granny smith apple kicking around behind the bar, and after trolling through a list of … Continue reading

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corazon del fuego

1 1/2 oz white tequila 3/4 oz fernet branca* 1/2 oz lime juice 1/2 oz blueberry-tarragon syrup 1/4 oz blended scotch (i used dewar’s in this case)   combine over ice and shake. strain into a chilled martini shell. no … Continue reading

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