Fall is definitely here – what better time than to hunker down at home with a fine tequila-based cocktail to warm the spirits? Yes, please!
Here at TasteTequila we are always looking for great tequila cocktail recipes, and we have to admit we don’t see very many on local San Francisco menus these days, probably because pisco and mezcal are the spirits de jour. Well, we say, give us more tequila!
Fortunately, our friend Adam Stemmler at Blind Tiger Cocktail Co. is a master at creating delicious and well-balanced cocktails using agave spirits. We had the fortune of meeting up with Adam at tequila mecca Cantina Mayahuel in San Diego not long ago. He showed us a tequila twist on a classic cocktail called “The Last Word,” which originally used gin.
Adam replaced the gin with Corazon blanco tequila, and magic was made.
Here’s the recipe if you want to try this at home.
In a shaker tin combine:
-1.5 ounces blanco tequila
-1 ounce green Chartreuse (a French cordial)
-1 ounce Maraschino Originale from Luxardo (an Italian cherry liqueur)
-1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
Add ice and shake.
Strain into a cocktail glass. (No garnish needed!)
Enjoy!
My experience in drinking tequila dates back to the 1960s, well before the fancy sweet drinks, Jimmy Buffet songs, and all
the hype. In my opinion Casamigos is a millennial concoction easily marketed to millennials.
But it ain’t good tequila.
It reminds me of what the bourbon market is doing to bourbon….now the millennial can have his/ her cinnamon or cherry flavor, etc bourbons.
At this price, I won’t drink it.
Probably not at any price.