14 Cinco de Mayo Cocktails for Your Festive Celebrations
A 14-pack of festive Cinco de Mayo cocktails to celebrate in style.
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Tequila vs. Mezcal Cheat Sheet
Breaking down the differences between tequila and mezcal.
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12 Margarita Variations to Mix Up at Home
From fresh carrots and green juice to Clementines and jalapeños, these twists on the classic Margarita are as creative as they are delicious.
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An Olympics-Inspired Cocktail to Drink During the Winter Games
Enjoy while cheering on your country during the Winter Olympics, or just whenever you want a good tequila cocktail.
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A Tequila-Spiked Cocktail for Day of the Dead
If you’re nursing a Halloween hangover, there’s no better way to get moving than with a cocktail. And since today happens to be Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, you’ve got a built-in excuse for doing just…
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Tequila Ciudad Blanco Review
Hey, I’ve got nothing against leering luchadores and dancing skeletons. But it’s refreshing to see the modern approach that Tequila Ciudad has taken in its presentation. The brand, which currently sells its Blanco, Reposado and Anejo varieties in more than…
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Hornitos Launches Cristalino Tequila
The fastest growing segment in the tequila category isn’t blanco, reposado, añejo or even extra-anejo. It’s cristalino. This relatively new product is essentially añejo tequila—aged at least one year in oak barrels—that is filtered through charcoal to remove the color…
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Viva XXXII Tequila Reviews
Brush up on your Roman numerals, because there’s a new tequila in town: Viva XXXII. The Los Angeles-based maker receives its spirit from a distillery in Tequila, Mexico, using blue agave harvested from fields owned by Viva XXXII. It currently…
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Tres Agaves Blanco Tequila Review
Tres Agaves Tequila Blanco comes from Mexico’s Tequila Valley which, unsurprisingly, has a rich tradition of making good tequila. This specific spirit pours clear in the glass, with agave and lime peel on the nose. It begins soft, light and…
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with These Tequila Cocktails
May 5. Cinco de Mayo. The time when we all come together to commemorate the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla… by drinking tequila, eating guacamole and wearing large hats. So to that end–or the…
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What Is Cinco de Mayo, and Why Do Americans Celebrate It?
More than just an excuse to drink Margaritas, this holiday has a storied history.
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The Sun Also Sets Recipe
Cocktail Enthusiast has teamed up with the fine people at Cocktails & Classics, the LOGO TV show that combines good drinks with cult classic films. Each week, Michael Urie and friends will take a close look at campy, quotable movies…
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Three Margaritas for National Margarita Day
February 22 marks National Margarita Day. And while we never need an excuse to drink margaritas, we’re also not going to turn one down. That leads us to the margarita recipes below. They creatively stray from the classic three-part recipe…
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How to Make the Perfect Margarita
The most popular tequila cocktail in the world, the Margarita has suffered from sub-par ingredients for decades. Here’s how to make one the right way!
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Blue Nectar Añejo Founder’s Blend Tequila Review
If you want to attach the word “founder,” to a bottle, you want it to look stately. Blue Nectar Tequila certainly hit that mark when it came to designing the vessel for Founder’s Blend, the añejo tequila sitting at the…
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Ghost Tequila Review
I’m old enough to remember a day when if you wanted a hot pepper-infused tequila, you had to infuse the damn tequila with the damn peppers yourself. Oh, the burden. Now, any liquor store worth it’s… well, it’s liquor, likely…
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Celebrate National Tequila Day with the Walking Dead Cocktail
It’s a big week. First, there was National Daiquiri Day. Now, we’re dealing with National Tequila Day, which is Sunday, July 24. And all the while, Tales of the Cocktail is in full swing. But we’re never too busy to…
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Arrandas Highball, an Extra Refreshing Tequila Cocktail
The highball is an easy-to-make, refreshing cocktail that’s comprised of a spirit and nonalcoholic mixer like soda or ginger ale. In this case, we’ve got the Arrandas Highball, a more interesting than usual variation that’s starting with Olmeca Altos tequila…
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The Best Tequila Under $30
Cheap tequila doesn’t have to taste cheap.
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Santera Añejo Tequila Review
Released in fall of 2015, Santera Tequila is produced in the northern highlands of Jalisco. We reviewed Santera Blanco last year, and now we’re going straight to the Añejo. Santera Añejo Tequila is aged for up to 16 months in…
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