Every Friday afternoon during our weekly team meeting at SideTour, we select one cocktail to enjoy as a group. This week, we created a Classic Margarita. It’s summer. It’s margarita time. Our lime juice was a little tart so we added an extra dash of agave to sweeten the deal. Test yours before serving.
The Classic Margarita Recipe
1.5 oz of tequila (we used Herradura)
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Cointreau
Dash of agave nectar
Kosher salt, for rimming the glass (optional)
Rim a glass with salt. For this one, we used cayenne salt (1 cup of kosher salt, 1 teaspoon of cayenne, mixed). Fill a glass to the top with ice. Pour tequila, lime juice, Cointreau, and agave into a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour over ice.
Every Friday afternoon during our weekly team meeting at SideTour, we select one cocktail to enjoy as a group. This week, we went with the Spicy Lady. This delicious cocktail comes from one of our favorite spots, Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster in Harlem. While this drink is traditionally served “up” in a chilled martini glass, we’ve come to enjoy it over ice.
The Spicy Lady Cocktail Recipe
2 oz Brooklyn Gin
1 oz Simply Syrup infused with Jalapeño and Thyme (recipe below)
3/4 oz lemon juice
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
1 small orange peel garnish
Fill glass to the top with ice. Add gin, syrup, lemon juice, and bitters. Stir until well-mixed, garnish with orange slice.
Jalapeño and Thyme-infused Simple Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 Jalapeño, cut and seed
5 sprigs of thyme
Mix 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup of hot water. Stir until sugar dissolves, add the jalapeño and thyme, then let it sit and cool.
Every Friday afternoon during our weekly team meeting at SideTour, we select one cocktail to enjoy as a group. This week, in honor of the Belmont Stakes, we went Kentucky Derby-style on our cocktail and celebrated an old Southern standby, the Mint Julep.
The Mint Julep (SideTour-style, horse-racing-inspired):
2 oz Four Roses Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
6 Mint Sprigs
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Shake vigorously with ice. Pour the contents into a glass and enjoy.
Every Friday afternoon during our weekly team meeting at SideTour, we select one cocktail to enjoy as a group. This week was the Kentucky Mule, a smooth yet spicy drink inspired by the traditional Moscow Mule (which uses vodka).
Kentucky Mule (SideTour-style)
1 1/2 oz Four Roses Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
4 oz Reed’s Ginger Beer, Jamaican Style
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Ice
Fill glass to the top with ice. Add Bourbon, Ginger Beer, then Lime Juice. Stir and enjoy.
