Seasonal & Holidays

Toast Valentine's Day With A Texas Twist: Cocktail Recipes

Lovely cocktail recipes made with regional spirit brands —​ Austin's Deep Eddy Vodka Dulce Vida Tequila and San Antonio's Seer Sucker Gin:

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Those celebrating at home might want to toast to the day of love in quintessentially Texas way. Texas-based Twang provided Patch with some lovely cocktail recipes created with regional spirit brands — Austin's Deep Eddy Vodka and Dulce Vida Tequila and San Antonio's Seer Sucker Gin — to "Texify" the drinking experience.

Twang is a family-owned and operated company based in San Antonio with product lines that include Twang-A-Rita, Beer Salt and more. These are salts and seasonings designed to easily add flavor to drinks and elevate your at-home alcoholic beverages to cocktail bar status. Twang's products now are available throughout the country in 46 states, including at grocery store chains such as HEB, convenience stores, online and through Amazon.

Love Potion with Twang-A-Rita Golden Roar

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Ingredients:

  • Twang-A-Rita Golden Roar
  • 1 oz green apple liqueur
  • 1 oz Deep Eddy Peach Vodka
  • 4 oz cranberry juice
  • Orange wedge, for garnish

Directions:

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  1. Run a lime along the edge of a highball glass and rim with Twang-A-Rita Golden Roar
  2. Pour the liqueur and vodka into a highball glass filled with ice
  3. Top with cranberry juice and stir
  4. Garnish with orange wedge

Love Potion with Twang-A-Rita Golden Roar

Raspberry Gin Fizz with Twang-A-Rita Unwind Lime

Ingredients:

  • Twang-A-Rita Unwind Lime
  • ½ cup fresh raspberries
  • ½ oz lime juice
  • 1 oz Seersucker Original Southern Style Gin
  • ½ oz simple syrup
  • Topo Chico

Directions:

  1. Run a lime along the edge of a highball glass and rim with Twang-A-Rita Unwind Lime
  2. In a cocktail shaker, muddle raspberries in lime juice
  3. Add gin and simple syrup and half a cup of ice and shake
  4. Strain into a rocks glass and top with Topo Chico.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Raspberry Gin Fizz with Twang-A-Rita Unwind Lime

Galentine’s Day Pink Drink with Twang-A-Rita Citrusplash

Ingredients:

  • Twang-A-Rita Citrusplash
  • 4 oz Strawberry lemonade
  • 1 oz lemon juice
  • 1 oz Dulce Vida Tequila
  • 1 oz triple sec

Directions:

  1. Run a lemon along the edge of a highball glass and rim with Twang-A-Rita Citrusplash
  2. Add ice, strawberry lemonade, lemon juice, triple sec, and tequila. Stir to combine.
  3. Garnish with lemon wedge.

Galentine’s Day Pink Drink with Twang-A-Rita Citrusplash

Cheers, y'all!

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