Mexican Firing Squad

Name: Mexican Firing Squad
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz Blanco Tequila; 0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 0.5 oz Grenadine; 2 dashes Angostura Bitters; Soda Water to top; Lime wheel (garnish, optional)

Classic

A tequila Daisy from 1937 Mexico City.

ClassicRefreshingCitrusy

4 minEasyBalanced

Bright and tart with a rosy sweetness from grenadine, laced with baking-spice bitters over crisp agave.

Ingredients

2 oz Blanco Tequila
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Grenadine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Soda Water to top
Lime wheel · optional garnish

Method

1
Shake the tequila, lime juice, grenadine, and bitters with ice.
2
Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
3
Top with a splash of soda water.
4
Garnish with a lime wheel.

The Story

Recorded by Charles H. Baker Jr. at the bar of the Hotel Regis in Mexico City in 1937, the Mexican Firing Squad is a tequila Daisy in all but name — sharp lime and grenadine snapped into focus by aromatic bitters.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Lime wheel

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