hello people's welcome back to the
cocktail vlog I'm Steve the bartender
I've got two bottles of tequila on the
bar ready for Cinco de Maya I'm gonna be
creating for Cinco de Mayo cocktails two
classic cocktails and two slight
variations that I think you're going to
work perfectly well with these two
tequila's it's a common misconception
that Cinco de Mayo is actually Mexican
Independence Day which is incorrect
that's on September the 16th Cinco de
Maya celebrates the maximum victory over
the French in the Battle of Puebla
before we get started on the cocktails
I'm gonna jump in and do a bit of a
tasting thanks to our video sponsors
Herradura and el Jimador first I'll
start with Herradura Plaza which is
their Blanco tequila this has been aged
for 45 days on white American oak a
really light kind of straw color to it
and it's got a nose of cooked agave
that's a beautiful tequila and that's
going to work with really well in a
Tommy's margarita then I've got the el
comedor
represent represent means rested so this
has been rested on American oak for two
months
it's kind of got toasted wood and
vanilla notes to it and you definitely
get those those toasted woody notes the
to the tequila when you're tasting it
straight the wood really softens that
and makes it quite a smooth tequila onto
the cocktails first Cinco DeMayo
cocktail the Tommies margarita a
personal favorite of mine I'm going to
start by salting the edge of my glass
I'm not a big fan of salting the edge
but it's clearly up to you and the way I
like to do it is do a half salt rim so
you keep everyone happy nice thick salt
then I'm gonna measure out 60 Herradura
Blanco tequila add that straight into
the cocktail shaker there's a really
simple three room cocktail follow that
up with 30 ml one ounce of freshly
squeezed lime
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so it's roughly one whole lime obviously
depends on the size and then we have 15
mil of agave syrup straight into the
cocktail shaker and then fill it up with
icing give it a good shake fill the
glass with ice and strain on the top and
for garnish the spent line they have at
Tommy's margarita make sure you stick
around to the end and I'll do a tasting
of all four cocktails on to the
mysterious Paloma it has a little bit of
a shrouded history no one's a hundred
percent sure where this one came from
and when it migrated to over to the US
but it's an incredibly simple drink and
it starts off it's built in the glass
starts off with 60 mil of representative
killer of course if you've only got one
bottle if you prefer Blanco you can use
that too then 50 mil roughly half a cup
of lime squeezed into the glass I'll
measure it just to make make sure I'm
being nice and accurate
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then fill the glass with ice and top it
up with grapefruit soda in Mexico I
believe squirt and Torito other two
popular grapefruit sodas that are used
I'm using Kathy which is a Melbourne
grapefruit soda if you want to as well
you could squeeze fresh grapefruit juice
agave and then add a splash of soda into
it as well to make your own homemade
grapefruit soda
and for that one you can either garnish
it with the spent lime and salt or ruby
red grapefruit they have a pull over
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onto an old favorite of mine the el
Diablo with a slight twist now the
classic does call for creme de but I'm
substituting that for hibiscus syrup so
this one again it built in the glass and
it calls for 45 mil of reposado tequila
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so these are really easy quick drinks to
make perfect for celebrating Cinco de
Mayo
now I'm using hibiscus syrup straight
from the jar if you want to you can get
hibiscus tea which is just for discus
flowers and you can make a syrup
yourself 50 ml add that straight in nice
rich color to it and then top up the
glass with ice and squeeze 15 mils of
fresh lime juice over the top and then
top with spicy ginger beer garnish with
a hibiscus flower and they have a
hibiscus el Diablo last but not least
the blackberry vanilla and jalapeno
smash this one is going to be a killer
cocktail it works very well because of
vanilla notes I know inside the video I
said that the Reposado had vanilla notes
but so does the Blanco the Herradura
those vanilla notes are going to marry
really well I like the use of
blackberries with tequila blackberries
and vanilla go really well and jalapeno
and tequila is just a perfect
combination so this one is going to be
delicious so we're gonna start with four
slices of jalapeno but you can use more
or less depending on how much heat you
would like personally I think four
slices is that happy medium and just the
right amount of heat before you add the
blackberries this is a harder harder
spice so give it a bit of a smash before
adding the blackberries for Vaes as well
it's a softer fruit so just a real real
like press and when you when you shake
the cocktail as well more juice will
extract from those berries now we want
to measure 60 ml of your Herradura
Blanco tequila
and then follow that with 30 mils of
fresh grapefruit juice 20 to 45 mil or
3/4 ounce of vanilla simple syrup and 20
to 25 mil 3/4 ounce of fresh lime juice
fill it up with ice and give it a shake
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when I serve this over crushed ice so
3/4 of the way to the top and strain
over that ice you can double strain if
you like I personally like all those
blackberry chunks in there that's more
flavor now top it up with a little bit
more ice have the garnish the spent lime
will some chili flakes which also kind
of identifies the drink as having chili
in it so it doesn't surprise anyone and
then a blackberry finished with a straw
they have a blackberry vanilla and
jalapeno smash Cheers they have for
tequila cocktails that are perfect for
celebrating Cinco de Mayo thanks to
today's video sponsor Herradura
and el Jimador first up the Tommies
margarita made with Herradura plata
Cheers
what are my favorite versions of a
margarita it's it's got the a lot of
agave notes that little bit of sweetness
from the agave and well none of that
orange liqueur from a classic margarita
makes it my favorite makes it a perfect
entry-level margarita for people that
you don't like tequila or don't like
sour drinks next up the Paloma utilizing
el Jimador Reposado
grapefruit tequila perfect combination
super easy drinking nice and refreshing
and this is perfect for a hot summer's
day and the third cocktail the hibiscus
el Diablo try saying that after a couple
of tequilas so an El Diablo tequila
hibiscus syrup and ginger beer it's
actually quite sweet because you've got
that maybe give a little bit of stir but
that viscous syrup sitting on the bottom
I'll have that punch that the hibiscus
syrup adds a certain vibrancy as you can
see by the the look of the drink as well
it's very tasty
I actually really like all of this and
in the fourth cocktail last but not
least the spicy blackberry vanilla and
jalapeno smash this is probably by far
my favorite looking drink of the four so
again this one was made with the
Herradura platter I like the tartness
that comes from those blackberries and
the four jalapenos is just the right
amount of heat and feels tingle on my
tongue if you do like it spicy though
throw a couple extra slices in whilst
you might not be able to leave the house
you can still celebrate Cinco de Mayo in
style with these for tequila cocktails
make sure you mix up a cocktail at home
tag me on instagram at Steve the
bartender with your creations and I'll
see you soon for another cocktail video
Cheers
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