hi welcome to the cocktail vlog I'm
Steve the bartender and today I'm going
to show you how to make five margaritas
so in addition to the classic margarita
I'm going to show you how to make four
variations that are perfect for this
summer and this is everyone's favorite
tequila cocktail so let's get started so
at first that may sound a little bit
daunting making five different recipes
but as you can see there's only a few
ingredients here up on the bar and in
particular with the tequila if you've
only got one bottle if you've only got a
Blanco or a represent then you can use
that across all of them typically the
Blanco is a younger tequila and like the
Reposado which is rested and oak which
means it's gonna soften and the oak
flavor is going to be imparted on the
tequila
so generally use a Blanco for a like a
classic margarita and then just purely
out of my personal taste I'm going to
use the Reposado
for others that are blended or in a
Tommy's margarita which is matched up
with the agave okay first question that
you got to ask yourself is to salt or
not to salt personally I don't like the
salt flavor in my drink but it does look
good and it is an integral part of a
margarita so if you're offering this
drink to someone else I recommend
salting only half of the room of the
glass and then they've got that option
of drinking through the salt or without
seeing as I'm making a classic margarita
first I've salt rim the glass and I'm
using a coupe a today if you've got a
margarita glass even better so for the
classic margarita I'm going to use the
Blanco tequila and measure out 45 mil
1.5 ounces
then follow that with a triple sec said
I'm using Cointreau so an orange liqueur
50 ml for half an ounce and freshly
squeezed lime juice 30 bill or 1 ounce
now some people do call for simple syrup
in their recipes but it's not necessary
this is what balance you do have enough
sugar from the contrary and that's
balanced out with the sourness of the
citrus and they have a classic margarita
next up the Tommies margarita will be
bolstering up the amount of tequila we
use leaving out that orange liqueur and
adding in agave syrup so it's still a
three ingredient contact so for this one
I'll be hitting up my represent Aquila
so this has been restaurant oak for a
little bit of time 60 ml 2 ounces reason
being I like using the repository as I
fill it goes really well with the agave
syrup then we follow that up with 30 mil
or 1 ounce of fresh lime juice and then
lastly is your agave syrup the reason I
don't actually measure this is because
it clogs up the the [ __ ] and i'm
bestie's this [ __ ] in a couple of
seconds time so 50 ml 1/2 an ounce but I
usually like to estimate it
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and now straighten it over fresh sauce
into an old-fashioned glass and I'll
garnish the foamies margarita with the
lime wheel
they have the Tommies margarita so next
up the cucumber and jalapeno margarita
so this is where it starts to get a
little bit more creative and we're going
to start muddling some cucumber and then
shake it with the jalapenos to throw
some heat through the drink and we've
also added a little bit of a chili flake
salt rim actually I might change the
shaker over so you can see me muddling
so to your Boston shaker adding a few
slices of cucumber
and give it a light model
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next we want to add a few slices of your
jalapeno there are some seeds in there
as well why not so the cooling
properties of the the cucumber should
counteract some of that spiciness but
keep in mind that the spiciness does in
part on the drink quite easily just by
shaking it so we're going to go with the
standard classic margarita recipe by
starting with 45 mil of tequila one of
the half ounces and follow that up with
the orange liqueur 50 ml half an ounce
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and 30 fresh lunges smell spicy so for
this one I'm just going to dump the
contents of the shaker into the glass so
as with all garnishing I tend to most
bartenders like to match the ingredients
with the garnish I'll put the chili on
top and also serves as a warning
whenever using a spices in a drink
people know if it's gonna be spicy so in
addition to that it would be nice to add
a little bit of color so red red chili
would actually look really good but I
had a slice of cucumber in there so you
can eat that as you're going through
that spice and over here so they have a
cucumber and jalapeno margarita Cheers
so next we have the mango margarita
something a little bit sweeter I'm
choosing again to use the representor
keep saying choosing but one of the main
reasons is because I'm running quite low
on my Blanco I'm going to measure the
same as a classic margarita 45 bill
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1.5 ounces followed by my orange liqueur
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15 mil half an ounce and 30 mil for one
ounce of fresh lime juice so mango
margarita I'm going to add the mango
pulp into the blender jug and add about
half a cup of ice before blending of
course that's the versatility of the
margarita especially when you're doing a
frozen margarita is instead of mango you
can add strawberry you can have all
different kinds of fruit and make
different fruit variations
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and now pull the contents of your
blender jug straight into my bread glass
roof a glass see if you want to you can
add more ice and you can essentially
make a bit of a mountain out of it but
then it's a little bit too dilute it's
too much water in it I quite like about
this it's got a nice smooth texture to
it especially with the mango for garnish
nice and simple just a long one
and they have a mango margarita and next
up something I haven't actually made
before the Mexican bulldog otherwise
known as that corinader margarita so for
those that don't know the core Anita is
a miniature baby size adorable little
Corona 210 mils and it's pretty much the
Mexican bulldog is just a frozen
margarita with a beard topped in it so
if you don't have Corona or coordinator
then you can always use some other
Mexican beer so again it's a blended
drink and I'm going to start off with my
reposado tequila subpar corks
so I'm going to increase the ratios a
little bit because it is going to have a
lot of ice in there so it's going to add
some extra pollution so I'm going to
bump this up to 60 60 mil 2 ounces
followed by twenty two point five mil or
three-quarters of an ounce of your
orange The Cure and fresh lime juice
30 mils one ounce tiny bit more so add
about half a cup to 3/4 of cup of ice
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so I end up adding a little bit more ice
so it is quite thick as you can see and
then simply upturn the core Anita
into the margarita as I said first time
I've done it so hopefully this doesn't
make a mess and go everywhere
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and garnish with a lime wedge they have
a current eater or a Mexican bulldog
Cheers so they have five different
variations of a margarita you've got a
classic margarita
Tommy's a cucumber and jalapeno and
mango margarita and a Mexican bulldog
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yeah and if the Tommies margarita I'll
garnish with
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