Celebrate National Margarita Day With These 13 Creative Recipes

Tequila lovers, it is time to cheer for national margarita day. Whether you enjoy a classic margarita, frozen or on the rocks, these dynamic and mouthwatering cocktails are perfect for a night to toast with your friends.

Mademoiselle Margarita

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This drink is from LPM Restaurant & Bar Miami, located in the heart of Brickell. This perfectly crafted cocktail features a delicious mix of tequila, agave and lime juice.

Recipe:

• 1.75 oz Patron Reposado
• 1/3 oz Lillet Blanc
• 1/3 oz yellow chartreuse
• 0.5 oz vanilla agave
• 1 oz fresh lime juice

Directions: Add all the ingredients in a shaker, shake and double strain into a Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with salt on the side of the glass.

Vineyard Margarita

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This unique margarita is a perfectly fruity and refreshing drink to sip, featuring Wildlilly’s unique blend of pinot noir and chardonnay paired with reposado tequila.

Recipe:

• 1.5 oz Reposado Tequila
• .75 oz fresh lime juice
• .75 oz agave nectar
• 1 oz Wildlilly wine

Directions: Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Next, strain over a large ice cube and add 1 oz of Wildlilly wine.

Something Spicy with Tequila

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Sweet Liberty’s spicy margarita can be both a typical margarita and a frozen margarita.

Recipe:

• 1 oz Milagro Blanco
• .5 oz Ojo de Tigre mezcal
• .75 oz lime juice
• .75 oz agave nectar
• 1 oz mango puree
• 5 dashes of chili tincture

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a blender. Pour straight from the blender into the glass and top with lime and Tajin.

Harissa Marissa

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Up the ante with Level 6’s spicy margarita. This margarita is sure to pack a punch by combining tequila, mezcal, Cointreau, lime juice, and harissa agave syrup.

Recipe:

• 1 oz Don Julio tequila
• .5 oz Pierde Almas mezcal
• Cointreau
• .75 oz lime juice
• .75 oz Harissa agave syrup
• jalapeno
• spice

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake and strain into a glass with fresh ice. Add jalapeno and blended spice on the rim.

Spicy Jaja Margarita

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Papi Steak’s fan-favorite cocktail is a delicious creation made with jaja reposado tequila, dos hombres mezcal chinola passion fruit, mango, habanero and lime.

Recipe:

• 1 oz Jaja tequila
• 0.5 oz Dose hombres mezcal
• 0.5 oz chinola
• 0.25 oz passion fruit
• 0.5 oz mango puree
• 1 slice of habanero
• 0.75 oz lime juice

Directions: Muddle one habanero slice into a shaking tin. Add all additional ingredients with ice, then shake and strain over crushed ice.

Close to Midnight

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Bring Giselle’s margarita drink to your home with a balanced mix of spice, sweet, sour and hints of grapefruit.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Casa Noble Reposado Tequila
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz Thai chili syrup
• fresh cilantro
• grapefruit soda

Directions: Combine all ingredients into a tin and shake. Then serve over Thai chili ice cube and add tajin along the rim for extra spice.

Tommy’s Margarita

Featuring a proprietary collection of uniquely blended spirits, this creative cocktail, available at the Esmé Hotel’s El Salon, invites you to celebrate the Latin diversity of the Magic City.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Traditional Blend
• .5 oz agave
• 1 oz lime juice

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a shaker, then fill with ice. Shake and strain the drink into a rocks glass and garnish with salt.

Desolas Mezcalita

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Made from 100% salmiana agave, this smokey take on the margarita is available at Kaori.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz of Desolas Mezcal
• .5 oz Cointreau
• 1 oz fresh lime juice
• lemon juice
• mint
• basil
• Jalapeños

Directions: Combine all ingredients and shake with ice, then strain and pour over ice. Garnish with jalapeños for some added spice.

The 818 Daisy Picante

Enjoy The Ritz-Carlton South Beach’s partnership with 818 Tequila from the comfort of your own home. As a unique creation for national margarita day, this cocktail is a delicious mix of complexity, softness and spice from the jalapeno.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Jalapeno infused 818 Blanco Tequila
• .75 oz lime juice
• 1 oz orange cordial
• .5 oz agave syrup

Directions: Shake the ingredients over ice and serve on the rocks in a tumbler. Add spicy salt on the rim and garnish with fresh jalapeno and a dehydrated lime slice.

Watermelon Spicy Margarita

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Enjoy one of Broken Shaker’s many handcrafted cocktails. Composed of clever infusions, the spicy watermelon margarita is one of many delicious examples served at this Miami Beach oasis.

Recipe:

• 1.5 oz Patron Silver Tequila
• 1 oz lime juice
• .75 oz watermelon juice
• .50 oz spicy ancho agave

Directions: Add ingredients in a tin and add ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass and add salt to the rim. Top with lime for added flavor.

The Prickly Pear Margarita

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Known for its unique artisanal cuisine that pulls from Asian, South and Central American undertones, Canyon’s margarita is a delicious cocktail made with an infusion of Hornitos reposado tequila with prickly pears, triple sec and house-made sour mix.

Recipe:

• 1.5 oz of the prickly pear-infused Tequila
• .5 oz orange liqueur/triple sec
• 2 oz sour mix
• Shake well over ice and strain over fresh ice in a glass with a salt rim and garnish with a lime wedge.

Directions: Prepare your glasses with salt, lime or orange wedge around the edge the rim. Combine the ice, prickly pear-infused reposado tequila, sour mix and Cointreau in a cocktail shaker. If you do not have a shaker, use a mason jar with a lid! Shake the mixture to combine flavors. Fill your rimmed glass with ice cubes and use a strainer to pour over the ice.

La Vieja Margarita

For a limited time, Oh! Mexico is celebrating its 25-plus years with this all-time favorite margarita made with Herradura ultra Anejo Cristalino.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Herradura ultra Añejo Cristalino Tequila
• 1 oz lime juice
• 0.25 oz agave nectar
• 0.75 oz Cointreau orange liqueur

Directions: Add all the ingredients to a shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Strain in a glass filled with ice and garnish accordingly.

Key Lime & Mace

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Toast to the celebration with MaryGold’s Brasserie Key Lime & Mace.

Recipe:

• 1.5oz PATRÓN Blanco
• .25oz Grand Marnier
• .25oz Myris
• .75oz lime juice
• .75oz key lime agave
• .25oz condensed milk

Directions: Add ingredients to tin. Shake and strain into a salt-rimmed glass and add a large ice rock. Garnish with key lime zest and finger lime.

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