Spicy Tequila Sour

Tequila
Prep time: 20 mins
Author: Brandon Summers-Miller
A table with two cocktails garnished with jalapeño slices, a whiskey bottle, cocktail shaker, bar tools, flowers, candles, and scattered wrapped chocolates.

What you’ll need:

Ingredients:

Serves:
1
  • Habanero-Infused Casamigos Reposado*
    1.5oz
  • Habanero peppers
    2 to 3
  • Sweet Vermouth
    1.5oz
  • Lemon Juice
    1oz
  • Egg White
    1
  • Orange Bitters
    2 dashes
  • Jalapeño Wheel
    To garnish
    1

*Approximate serving size is 1.2 servings. Please enjoy responsibly.

Method

  1. Step 1

    Combine habanero-infused tequila reposado, sweet vermouth, lemon juice and egg white in a cocktail shaker.

  2. Step 2

    Shake without ice for 10 seconds.

  3. Step 3

    Add ice and shake until thoroughly chilled.

  4. Step 4

    Strain into a coupe glass.

  5. Step 5

    Slice a jalapeño into wheels and place 1 wheel on the side of the glass to garnish.

Drinks Calculator

Some cocktails just work any season or occasion. Enter this tequila spin on the classic Sour cocktail. With habanero-infused Casamigos Reposado Tequila, this spicy-yet-sweet sip strikes the perfect flavor balance.

Two cocktails with frothy tops and jalapeño slices garnish, served in spiral-stem glasses on checkered napkins, placed on a tray with a metal jigger.

In this recipe

Casamigos Reposado Tequila bottle.
Casamigos
Casamigos Reposado Tequila
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SALETwo clear, ribbed glass coupe cocktail glasses with long stems are standing side by side against a plain background.
Caskata
Quinn Coupe Glasses, Set of Two - Ocean Blue
Ocean Blue
SALEA black cocktail shaker set with a jigger, cocktail shaker, bar spoon, and strainer displayed against a plain background.
Viski
Gunmetal Mixologist Barware Set

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