May your weekend be long and your sip selection strong.
The following spirits coupled with football on the big screen, a cozy fire pit in the backyard, or just a select few of your favorite people are sure to bring lasting memories this season. We gave you a list of the best local spirits to keep you hydrated this fall. But there are a few more faves that can be picked up while at your local liquor providers.
1800 Tequila
Cristalino 1800 is also a premium sipping tequila, smooth and complex in its woodsy and vanilla flavors that take time to develop—22 months to be exact. For the first 16 months, this crystal clear tequila ages in oak barrels, then it is uniquely finished in port wine casks for the last 6 months. This one is best enjoyed over ice or with a splash of water.
Mi Cielito Jalisco
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. 1800® Cristalino Tequila
1.5 oz. chamomile tea
.5 oz. lime juice
.5 oz. fresh pineapple juice
.75 oz. honey
Cilantro
Directions: Add all ingredients in a shaker full of ice and shake vigorously for 8–10 seconds. Fine strain into a double rocks glass full of ice. Garnish with chamomile flowers and cilantro leaves.
Gray Whale Gin
Gray Whale Gin is straight out of Gold State Distillery, a distillery that celebrates and supports wildlife conservation and partners with organizations like Oceana which help protect and restore the world’s oceans. This particular gin is flavored with lime, sea kelp, and botanicals forged along with the migratory path of the majestic gray giants themselves.
Spiked Turmeric Tonic
Ingredients:
2 oz. Gray Whale Gin
1 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. orange juice
1 oz. ginger liqueur
1 tsp. turmeric
Directions: Shake with ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with orange slices.
Pot O’Gold
Ingredients:
1 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. raw honey
1 oz. Gray Whale Gin
Directions: Shake with ice. Garnish with gold leaf.
Mistletoe Medley
Ingredients:
2 oz. of Gray Whale Gin
1 oz. cranberry syrup
1 oz. lemon juice
1 egg white
Directions: Shake with ice. Strain into glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with a slice of lemon. To make cranberry syrup, combine cranberries, sugar, water, and lemon juice into a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, and let simmer for 10 minutes until thick. Set aside and let cool. Add to food processor, and blend until smooth.
Cuervo
It is no wonder why we’re all familiar with Jose Cuervo; they’ve been around since 1758. The perfection in their distilling and flavor process is 250 years in the making. But tequila lovers beware. Their Tradicional Añejo can simply be enjoyed on the rocks without mixing a thing. The Tradicional Añejo is a Repasado and has a complex smoky flavor with a maple finish, aged in Irish whiskey barrels for months to give the distilled agave a complexity of flavors.
Irish Aitall
Ingredients:
2 oz. Jose Cuervo Tradicional Añejo
.75 oz. caraway-fennel simple syrup
4 sprigs of thyme, leaves only
Splash of soda water
Splash of fresh grapefruit juice
Directions: Muddle the thyme. Add the Cuervo Tradicional Añejo and simple syrup and fill the shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with soda water and squeeze of grapefruit juice. Garnish with thyme sprigs and a slice of grapefruit.
NEFT Vodka
This small-batch, high quality, smooth vodka is one for sipping or for adding a glass of bubbling tonic and a squeeze of lemon. At NEFT, their process of distillation takes time, with pure ingredients like non-GMO grains and spring water that are then mixed with flavors to allow its subtle sweetness to speak for itself without any added sugar.
Black Gold
Ingredients:
1.75 oz. NEFT Vodka
1 oz. fresh lime juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
3 cucumber slices
2 dashes of activated charcoal
Directions: Shake all ingredients in mixing tin with ice. Shake into rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with salted rim, cucumber ribbon, and gold flakes.
All of these fall flavors can be found at Total Wine & More (on Barbara Jordan Blvd.), Specs, and at your friendly neighborhood liquor store, The Austin Shaker (on Airport) or even ordered from Drizzly or ReserveBar.
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