Bottoms Up!
The drink of the Super Bowl: Introducing the beer Rita, lesson included
- Mixing a classic margarita with your favorite beer, the Rita Especial is theperfect Super Bowl drink.
- A lesson from restaurant pro Scott Lindsey, Marcy de Luna learns how to makethis exquisite libation.
- The ingredients for a Rita Especial: 1 ounce each Triple sec and Cointreau, 2ounces of Sweet-n-sour mix, one tall glass of ice and your favorite beer,Mexican preferred.
Bottoms Up!
We have started a new feature here at CultureMap, Bottoms Up! Each month we will spotlight a favorite cocktail and include the recipe plus video footage so you can follow along as a cocktail connoisseur demonstrates how to combine the ingredients for that perfect blend.
With Super Bowl XLV on the near horizon in Dallas, we thought it fitting to select a cocktail that incorporates some sort of ale, When I think of football, I think of beer. Thus, this month’s featured “Drink of the Month” is the Rita Especial from TQLA Houston.
This libation was inspired by a trip to New York, when one the owners sampled a similar beverage. Add TQLA’s personal touch and you have a margarita with no aftertaste — this margarita is smooth and easy to drink. Leave the beer in as you sip with a straw, the bottle will empty out as you go.
Be on the look out for TQLA’s grand opening party in early February and make sure to sign up for the bar's tequila seminars offered the first Wednesday of every month, gratis no less.
Rita Especial
- 1 oz Triple sec
- 1 oz Cointreau
- 2 oz Sweet-n-sour mix
- 1 tall glass of ice
- 1 bottle of beer (your preference)
Blend all but the beer in a blender for 30 seconds, pour into a margarita glass and then toss a beer in. Quick, easy and delicious!
Have a favorite cocktail? Write in with your suggestions for our February “Drink of the Month”!
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