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Herradura Tequila Cocktails

November 30, 2012
by Corinne Mossati

Our What to Drink series continues with  Herradura, a tequila that dates back to 1870.

Herradura Plata is aged for 45 days which gives it its light straw colour and makes it is the longest aged tequila on the market. Double distilled with 40% ABV, it has a vegetative and spicy flavour with agave and woody notes ending a smooth and warming finish.

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L-R: Herradura Tequila, Agave Tommy’s Margarita, Paloma

If you don’t like to sip tequila neat or have it in a shot, try the cocktail recipes below:

Agave ‘Tommy’s’ Margarita

Ingredients
30mlHerradura Reposado
15ml Agave nectar (1:1 with water)
20ml Fresh lime juice

Method
Shake and strain over ice. Serve in a highball or short glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

Paloma

Ingredients
45ml Herradura Plata
15ml fresh lime juice
Pinch of salt flakes
Sparkling pink grapefruit soda

Method
Build and stir over ice in above order. Serve in a Highball glass. Garnish with lime wheels, salt rim optional.

¡Salud!

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About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.

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