For National Tequila Day, and the rest of summer, we’ve gathered tasty cocktail recipes to recreate at your next celebration like the Grand Marnier Grand Margarita or the PATRÓN Ranch Water.
For those who prefer their tequila neat, we’ve listed amazing prestige options below – suited for any palate.

COCKTAILS:

Grand Dragon Margarita
Courtesy of Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel
Enjoy this cocktail when booking a Grand Margarita Summer Encounter – a personalized, French inspired cabana “daycation” for up to six guests in Miami

Ingredients: 

• 1 oz. Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

• 2 oz. Blanco Tequila

• 1 oz. Lime Juice

• 3-4 chunks of Dragon Fruit

• ½ simple syrup

• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper

• Lime wedges and dragon fruit slices for garnish

Method:

Fill a wide, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fine salt. Cut a lime in half at the width and rub around half of the rim of a margarita glass. Cut a thin, crosswise slice from one of the lime halves for garnish. Holding glass upside down, dip wet half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier, tequila, lime juice, dragon fruit chunks, simple syrup and cayenne pepper with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass and apply lime garnish and dragon fruit slice to the rim.

Grand Margarita
Ingredients:

0.75 parts Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge (an exceptional blend of fine cognac and bitter orange liqueur)

1.5 parts Tequila

0.75 parts Fresh Lime Juice

0.25 parts Agave Nectar

Lime wheel to garnish

Salt Optional

Method:
Fill a wide, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fine salt. Cut a lime in half at the width and rub around half of the rim of a margarita glass. Cut a thin, crosswise slice from one of the lime halves for garnish. Holding glass upside down, dip wet half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass and apply lime garnish to the rim.

PATRÓN Silver Ranch Water
Ingredients:

1.5 oz Patrón Silver

.75 oz lime juice

12 oz bottle of sparkling mineral water

.75 oz Citrónge Orange Liqueur (optional)

Method:
Combine Patrón silver and lime juice in a Collins glass filled with ice.

Top with your preferred sparkling mineral water and stir gently to combine.

Mangoneada
Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Tequila CAZADORES Blanco

1 oz mango juice or puree

1 oz lime juice

1/2 oz agave nectar

Chamoy and Tajín rim

Method:
In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice, shake and serve over ice in a rocks glass with a Tajín and chamoy rim.

Garnish: with a mango slice.

Jalapeño Margarita
Crafted by Manny Hinojosa, Tequila Cazadores Global Brand  Ambassador

Ingredients:

1 ½ part Tequila CAZADORES Blanco

½ part Premium Triple Sec

½ part Agave Nectar

1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

1 Slice of Jalapeño

Method: In a cocktail shaker with ice combine all the  ingredients, shake and serve over the rocks in glass. Garnish with lime, jalapeno slice and salt optional.

High Roller Margarita
Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz Tequila CAZADORES Extra Añejo

3/4 oz Grand Marnier

3/4 oz agave nectar

3 wedges lime

3 wedges lemon

1 wedge orange

Method:
In a cocktail shaker muddle limes, lemons and orange. Add the rest of the ingredients with ice, shake and serve up in a cocktail glass. 

Garnish: with lime and orange peel.

BOTTLES:PATRÓN Silver (SRP: $59.99)
PATRÓN Silver, the earliest of the PATRÓN expressions, was the ultimate game changer. Made from only three of the highest quality, 100% naturally perfect ingredients – agave, water and yeast – PATRÓN combined traditional methods with modern techniques to develop a recipe that elevated a category dominated by low-priced, ‘mixto’ tequila.
Using the finest 100% Weber Blue Agave, PATRÓN Silver established itself as the benchmark against which all other tequilas are measured.
Available on Drizly, Minibar, ReserveBar and more.

PATRÓN EL ALTO (SRP: $179)
Shower your loved ones with the gift of luxury PATRÓN EL ALTO – a 100% Weber Blue Agave tequila grown in the highest parts of Jalisco, Mexico. The sweet agaves used to passionately handcraft PATRÓN EL ALTO offers an incredibly smooth taste and a memorable finish. PATRÓN EL ALTO is primarily crafted with Extra Añejo and blended with Añejo and Reposado tequilas each aged to their maximum potential, making this bold innovation the pinnacle of perfection.

• Format: 750ML

• Availability: New York City, LA/Hollywood, Las Vegas and Miami

• ABV: 40%

PATRÓN EL CIELO (SRP: $129.)
The ultimate innovation in silver tequila, PATRÓN EL CIELO is the first four times distilled prestige tequila in the world. Made with the highest quality 100% Weber Blue Agave with only 100% natural ingredients, PATRÓN EL CIELO is crafted with the smallest copper pot still at Hacienda PATRÓN. Often misconceived as a culprit for diluting flavors, the unique distillation process for PATRÓN EL CIELO actually “unlocked” and opened up the natural sweetness and smoothness from the agave.

• Format: 700ML

• Availability: Globally

• ABV: 40%

Tequila Cazadores Añejo Cristalino (SRP: $39.99)
This smooth, colorless tequila is made with a slow, time-consuming and thorough filtration process. The result? A smooth Cristalino tequila  with mellow wood and green apple notes. This high-quality tequila rests in New American oak barrels for 24 months and then filtered to remove its color while conserving the sensory qualities of an añejo tequila.
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Tequila Cazadores Extra Añejo (SRP: $59.99)
The most aged of Tequila Cazadores, Extra Añejo is aged in virgin American oak barrels for at least three years, for deep flavors of vanilla, cinnamon, roasted apple and dried fruits. The warmth of Mexico is achieved with the spirit of time. It is demonstrated with a touch of cinnamon and vanilla that stands out between nutty notes.
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Tequila Cazadores 100 Year Estate Release (SRP: $39.99)
Tequila Cazadores 100 Year Estate Release celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the brand’s original reposado recipe. The 100 Year Estate Release was produced using agave that was grown and matured on the Cazadores Distillery property in Los Altos de Jalisco. Made from a blend of tequilas aged in a combination of the distillery’s best hand-selected American oak and new French oak barrels, resulting in an extra special blend for such a monumental milestone.
It will be available nationwide and on Cazadores.com for a suggested retail price of $39.99 for a 750mL bottle.
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