Recipes: Toast Tonight’s ACM Awards With These Signature Cocktails!
Tuning in to tonight’s ACM Awards? Get out your cowgirl boots and mix up some country-styled cocktails to kick off your viewing party! Sauza Tequila’s Southern Sweet Tea-quila, My Kinda Margarita and How We Roll-rita are just what your guests need to dig into their country roots. Check out the recipes below!
Southern Sweet Tea-quila
Ingredients:
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1 ½ parts Sauza Blue Reposado 100% Agave Tequila
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2 black tea bags
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1 cup water
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1 tbsp. sugar
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Sprigs of fresh mint for garnish
Directions:
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In a medium saucepan bring water, tea bags and sugar to a rolling boil
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Stir until sugar dissolves
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Remove from heat and let sit for 15 minutes
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Remove tea bags and allow tea to chill in refrigerator
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When the tea is cool, add the Tequila
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Pour over ice and garnish with a sprig of mint
My Kinda Margarita
Ingredients:
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1 ½ parts Sauza Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
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¼ parts frozen limeade
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2 ½ parts pineapple juice
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1-3 dashes Tabasco Chipotle Hot Sauce
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Chipotle peppers for garnish
Directions:
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Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice
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Serve on the rocks and garnish with a chipotle pepper
How We Roll-rita
Ingredients:
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2 parts Sauza Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
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½ parts fresh lemon juice
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¼ parts agave nectar
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¼ parts ginger syrup
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1 tsp. puréed canned chipotle in adobe
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½ lime, quartered lengthwise
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1 strip red bell pepper for garnish
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1 small piece beef jerky for garnish
Directions:
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In a cocktail shaker, combine lemon juice, agave nectar, ginger syrup, chipotle purée, and lime wedges
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Then add 1 small cup of cubed ice and pour in Tequila; stir
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Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with bell pepper and beef jerky