Story by Hayley Dixon – Spirits Specialist at Proximo
What higher day to mark your calendar than World Tequila Day? The day we get to have fun one of the crucial outstanding vegetation on the earth, agave, and probably the most well-known liquid it creates, Tequila!
To Have fun World Tequila Day now we have teamed up with among the nation’s most interesting venues, to carry you these profitable cocktails, made utilizing 1800 Tequila.
It’s been a yr of celebrations as now we have seen lockdowns finish, the reopening of our favorite bars, and celebrating with our family members once more. That’s to not say that lockdowns didn’t carry us some small joys, together with the genius cocktail-offs posted to the Fb bartender exchanges every day. Bartenders from throughout Australia have been capable of have their say as soon as and for all, that basic cocktails actually are one of the best.
To Have fun World Tequila Day now we have teamed up with among the nation’s most interesting venues, to carry you these profitable cocktails, made utilizing 1800 Tequila.
First up, a comparatively new venue up within the North making some well-deserved waves this yr is Hanky Panky Lounge in Darwin. They already provide Tequila as a twist of their Previous Usual, in order that they have been the right bar to tackle the Previous Usual utilizing 1800 Anejo. With its distinguished toffee, oak, and cacao notes, 1800 Anejo is the right alternative for whiskey in such a beloved basic. Created by Riley Landini, this progressive recipe exhibits that you simply don’t want a whiskey to make the right Previous Usual.
You may be hard-pressed to discover a bartender that doesn’t love a Negroni. Numerous lengthy hours and late nights should depart us eager for the right steadiness of boozy, bitter, and wealthy goodness. When trying to find a venue that is aware of its manner round a Negroni, it was laborious to go previous Sasso Italiano in Woolloongabba. Enjoying off the lighter inexperienced apple and pepper notes in 1800 Silver, their pineapple-infused rendition can have you looking for tequila in all of your Negronis any more.
SASSITA Recipe: 30ml Pineapple infused 1800 Silver 30ml Rose Vermouth 15ml Bitter Orange Liqueur 15ml Italian Aperitif Garnish Charred Pineapple
Sing it, ‘For those who like Pina Coladas!’ – This creamy concoction beat the gin martini within the cocktail-off, so like them, you could. To present this one the complete tequila makeover we needed to enlist one among Australia’s most beloved tiki bars, Hula Bula in Perth. An apparent option to create the right Pina Colada utilizing tequila is 1800 Coconut. Bursting with notes of honey, citrus, and coconut which play superbly within the well-known cocktail basic. The Hula Bula group has purchased us their creation that incorporates not uno, however dos tequilas!
LA COLADA Recipe: 40ml 1800 Coconut 20ml Jose Cuervo Conventional Silver 30ml Pineapple Syrup 30ml Coconut Cream 40ml Recent Pineapple Pinch of salt Blended with ice Garnish with all of your tiki favourites
Final, however actually not least now we have the winner of the ‘final spherical.’ The drink that went on to beat the Margarita 431 votes to 91, the beer and a shot. There was just one venue geared up to tackle such an essential problem, Hats and Tatts in Melbourne. Drinks creator and beer and shot fanatic, Jimmy Burchett, has delivered the right tequila tackle the bartender’s most beloved drink utilizing 1800 Reposado. The notes of orange oil, cinnamon, and caramel current within the tequila steadiness brilliantly with the tartness of a bitter beer.
SAME OLD BLUES Recipe: 50ml 1800 Reposado 20ml Blueberry Puree Pastis Rinsed Glass Topped with Bitter Beer Garnish Bitter Gummy Lemon
