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Which cocktail would you serve for the Big Game!? Vote daily from 2/8-2/10 by commenting 1-8 🏈
BIG GAME COCKTAIL COMPETITION!
There’s a $1,500 prize 💰on the line for the best game day cocktail featuring Salts! 8 talented contestants are ready to shake things up with and we need your help to narrow it down to 3 finalists. It’s a tough one! Be sure to go check out all of their cocktail videos for the full recipe to help you decide!
3 FINALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN AS FOLLOWS:
1.FAN FAVORITE (MOST COMMENTS): Vote daily from 2/8-2/10 for your favorite cocktail by commenting on this carousel post. 🥳 This finalist will also be the winner of a Nintendo Switch and the new FIFA 23 game!! 🥳
2.STORY SHOWDOWN CHAMP! Check our story daily to participate.
- Contestants will be matched up per slide and you can vote for your favorite!
- Each day the winners per slide will move on to the next round until we have 1 finalist.
3.BARTENDERS’ PICK: We have 50 bartenders who will be voting for their favorite cocktail. The cocktail with the most votes will win this pick!
🏆 From these 3, Twang will choose a winner based on cocktail appearance, creativity, and taste.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
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Double tap if you need a margarita!
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Coconut Clouds Margarita
☁️ 1 ounce lime juice
☁️ 2 ounces coconut cream
☁️ 2 ounces tequila
☁️ 1 ounce blue curaçao
☁️ salt rim
Booze used:
Blanco by
Happy 4th Thirsty Fam! 🇺🇸
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America Cognac Colada:
🎇 ½ ounce lime juice
🎇 1 ½ pineapple juice
🎇 1 ½ ounce cognac
🎇 2 ounces coconut cream
🎇 2 strawberries muddled
🎇 Blueberries, strawberry stars, pineapple leaf for garnish
Let’s make a strawberry & kiwi margarita! 🥝
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Strawberry-Kiwi Margarita
🥝 1 peeled kiwi
🥝 2 strawberries
🥝 1 ounce lime juice
🥝 ½ ounce agave
🥝 ½ ounce orange liqueur
🥝 1 ½ ounce tequila
🥝 kiwi flower garnish
Product & Booze used:
Tequila: reposado
Orange liqueur:
Salt: Straberry-lime salt
Agave:
1, 2, or 3!? 💐
Happy National Rosé Day!
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Celebrate with a spicy basil & mezcal Paloma!
Have you ever tried grapefruit salt!? This salt on a Paloma is a game changer!
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Spicy Basil Mezcal Paloma:
• 4 basil leaves
•3 jalapeno slices
•lime juice ½ ounce
•agave ½ ounce
•grapefruit juice 2 ounces
•mezcal 2 ounces
•grapefruit ri***ng salt
Booze & product used:
•Grapefruit salt -
•Mezcal -
•Agave -
Get your grills ready.. We’re making Charred Brown Sugar Pina Coladas with !
This is not your basic Pina Colada. We added some brown sugar charred pineapples to this classic recipe and it is truly perfection!
Charred Brown Sugar Pina Coladas:
🍍 5 ounce Pina Colada Mix
🍍 2 ounces white rum
🍍 2 cups ice
🍍 4 brown sugar charred pineapple wedges
🍍 cherry & charred pineapple wedge garnish
Brown Sugar Charred Pineapple:
🍍 Mix equal parts brown sugar and melted butter.
🍍 Brush mixture on pineapple wedges.
🍍 Grill until charred.
This Vanilla Bean Mojito is a winner!
This mojito is a dream. It’s perfect for any occasion really, who doesn’t love a mojito!? We used and it did not disappoint. It’s a lovely, soft rum that goes down easy, and it is especially perfect in a mojito!
KLYR is a clean, light, American rum. Here are a few things we are loving about this rum:
• Gluten free
• 0g sugars
• 0g carbs
• Distilled 12 times, filtered 18
• Made pure to help prevent hangovers (love that!)
• Perfect in cocktails
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Vanilla Bean Mojito:
• 4 lime wedges
• ¾ ounce vanilla syrup
• 10 mint leaves
• 2 ounces
• top with club soda
• lime wheels & mint sprig garnish
Easy peasy lemon-squeezy Cinco De Mayo cocktail! Try this 3 ingredient Guava Lemonade. 🍋
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Strawberry Guava Lemonade:
🍓 2 strawberries
🍓 1½ ounces tequila
🍓 4 ounces Guava Lemonade
Hibiscus Margarita 🌺
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Hibiscus Margarita:
🌺 2 ounces tequila
🌺 1 ounce lime juice
🌺 ½ ounce agave
🌺 ¾ ounce hibiscus syrup
🌺 chili lime salt
Product & Boozed Used:
• tequila: reposado
• hibiscus syrup:
• chili lime salt:
1 or 2!? 🤔 The Classic Amaretto Sour or Morgenthaler’s Amaretto Sour?
What’s the difference? The classic is simple: amaretto and sour. The Morgenthaler’s Amaretto Sour adds a bit of bourbon for boldness and a touch of egg white for texture. the inventor claims this is “The best Amaretto Sour you’ve ever had in your life.” What do you think? Do you prefer the sweet original or this beefed up version?
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Happy National Amaretto Day!
Breakfast is served! Today we’re making Breakfast Shots. 🥞 🤤
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Breakfast Shots Ingredients:
🥞 2 parts Irish Whiskey
🥞 1 part butterscotch schnapps
🥞 1 shot of orange juice
🥞 bacon garnish
Where’s the lie?? 😅
Where’s the lie? 😅
Spicy Cucumber & Cilantro Margarita 🥒
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Ingredients:
• cilantro muddled
• jalapeño slice muddled
• lime juice ½ ounce
• agave ½ ounce
• cucumber juice 1 ounce
• tequila 1½ ounce
• Sunrise Spice rim
Butterfly Lemonade 🦋
Our butterfly lemonade is made with strawberry gin and butterfly pea flower tea! Wait till you see the video for this one… It’s magical!
Butterfly Lemonade:
🦋 ¾ ounce butterfly pea tea
🦋 1½ ounce strawberry gin
🦋 1 ounce simple syrup
🦋 ½ ounce lemon juice
🦋 1 ounce club soda
Butterfly Tea:
🦋 2 grams butterfly pea flowers
🦋 2 cups hot water
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Booze used:
strawberry gin
These March Madness Daiquiris are a slam dunk!
Master of Mixes has the perfect mixers for making frozen cocktails. The consistency is always perfection! The top layer is a tropical, rich mango daiquiri and the bottom is a mix of fresh muddled raspberries and some raspberry syrup for a bit of extra sweetness! YUM!
March Madness Daiquiris
🥭 6 rapsberries
🥭 ½ oz Master of Mixes Cocktail Essentials Raspberry Syrup
🥭 2 oz rum
🥭 5 oz Master of Mixes Daiquiri/ Margarita Mixer
🥭 1½ cups ice
🥭 mint sprig garnish
It be like that sometimes…
We went to the Miami Boat Show, but really it felt like we were in the Greek islands thanks to !
•Axia is an extra dry spirit distilled from the Mastiha tree, found in the hillsides of Chios, Greece.
•Axia works as a base spirit that competes with Gins, Vodkas, and Tequilas, but with a delicious twist of flavor.
•AXIA has only 0.5% sugar and contains lower calories that most white spirits: at 69 calories per 1 ounce.
Have you ever tried a P**n Star Martini!? 🌟
Not your basic martini, this sexy and luxurious cocktail is served with a side of Prosecco and garnished with half a passion fruit.
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🌟 P**n Star Martini 🌟
• ½ ounce lemon juice
• ½ ounce passionfruit liqueur
• 1 ounce passionfruit puree
• ½ ounce vanilla syrup
• 1 ½ ounce vanilla vodka
• 2 ounce prosecco
1, 2, 3, or 4!? 🍀
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
1️⃣ Irish Apple Tea
• ½ ounce lemon juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 2 ounces Master of Mixes Sour Apple Mixer
• 2 ounces Irish whiskey
• 2 ounces lemon-lime soda
• Apple slice garnish
2️⃣ Shamrock Mimosa
• 3 ounces orange juice
• 5 ounces champagne
• ½ ounce blue curaçao
3️⃣ Salty Irish Maid Ingredients
• 2 ounces Irish whiskey
• ¾ ounce St. Germain
• ½ ounce lemon juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• 3 slices of cucumber
• 1 cucumber garnish
• Twang’s lime ri***ng salt
4️⃣ The Irish Pickle-Rita
•1½ ounces Irish whiskey
•½ ounce pickle juice
•½ ounce lime juice
•½ ounce agave
•½ ounce
•Twangs pickle ri***ng salt
•pickle garnish
Cocktails just got a whole lot tastier! The thing we love most about is how versatile it is. Simply throw it in as a replacement to the base to anyone of your favorite cocktails.
• is an extra-dry sprit that is twisting the rules and changing up the game in cocktails and we are here for it!
•This Greek spirit is distilled from the aromatic resin of the Mastiha tree.
•It has velvety flavor notes of bergamot and cypress, and a fragrant rose aroma.
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Recipe:
•1½ ounce Axia
•½ ounce strawberry cordial
•½ ounce elderflower liqueur
•¾ ounce lime juice
•1 ounce egg white
•ground pepper garnish
Happy National Bartenders Day! 🥂
Did you know you can catch us behind the bar together at the !? Come visit us at the Courtside Club the next time you’re at a Miami Heat game!
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Our perfect National Margarita Day includes 3 things. Good tequila, friends, and a cute doggo! What does your National Margarita Day look like!?
Today we’re sipping on Zarpado! Their tequila is handcrafted from 100% mature Blue Agave grown in Los Valles of Jalisco. Their tequila is double-distilled and made in small batches at a family owned distillery.
Froot Loops Shooters 🥣
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These nostalgic shooters taste just like the milk at the end of a bowl of cereal 😋 We made our Froot Loops vodka from scratch but, (if you can find it) has a great Loopy Flavored vodka that will go perfect in these shooters as well!
Fruit Loops Shooters
(2 servings)
🌈 2 ounces Froot Loops Vodka
🌈 2 ounces cream
🌈 1 ounce simple syrup
To learn how to make our Froot Loops Vodka from scratch, you can find the recipe on our last reel post!
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What would you make with these strawberry sugar cubes!? An old fashioned, a champagne cocktail, something else!?💕
These strawberry sugar cubes are not only great in cocktails, but also perfect to serve alongside your favorite cup of tea! 🔖 Save this recipe and make them at home.
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Strawberry Sugar Hearts Ingredients:
🍓 ⅓ cup granulated sugar
🍓 1 teaspoon strawberry juice
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We’re celebrating National Watermelon Day with a Skinny Red Bull Watermelon Margarita! 🍉 The new Red Bull Red Edition Sugarfree may be zero sugar, but luckily for us it has 100% flavor! This summery watermelon cocktail will give you wings 🪽 Skinny Red Bull Watermelon Margarita: 🍉 1½ oz tequila 🍉 1 oz lime juice 🍉 Twang Chile Lime Salt 🍉 Finish and serve with 1 can of Red Bull Sugarfree Red Edition
POV: You found the most refreshing cocktail for National Tequila Day! Let’s make a Cantarito with @NataliesOJ - A juice worth the squeeze!🍊 There is something so satisfying about a fresh citrus cocktail during summertime! Natalie’s Juices are my go-to to ensure freshness and ease when crafting cocktails, and for today’s recipe we’re using both their grapefruit and orange juices. If a Paloma and a Margarita had a baby it would be this drink. It’s a must try and if you can serve it in a clay cup, even better! Cantarito Recipe: 🍊 1 oz orange juice 🍊 1 oz grapefruit juice 🍊 ½ oz lime juice 🍊 ½ oz lemon juice 🍊 ½ oz agave syrup 🍊 2 oz tequila 🍊 pinch of salt 🍊 grapefruit soda #DrinkNatalies #NataliesOJPartner
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4 strong cocktails to order at the bar or make at home! 🍹 Check out our favorite delivery service ➡️ @bottlerover
Let’s make a Strawberry NO-jito 🍓 🍃 Are you participating in Dry January? You might want to send this to your accountability buddy to keep you on track! This is the perfect mocktail to order when you’re out and it’s even easy to whip up at home. And the fact that strawberries are in season right now is definitely a plus! 🍓 Nonalcoholic Strawberry Mojito: 🍓 3-4 lime wedges 🍓 1 oz simple syrup 🍓 2 strawberries 🍓 8-10 mint leaves 🍓 top with club soda 🍓 mint sprig garnish #mocktails #dryjanuary #nonalcoholic #girlsnightin #nonalcoholicdrink
Let’s make a batch of espresso martini for NYE! 🎊 Who else needs a little help staying up till midnight? This is one of my favorite cocktails to batch when hosting to keep the vibes going strong! ☕️ 🛍️ Get liquor, beer, and wine delivered with @BottleRover! Batched Espresso Martini: ☕️ 1 cup espresso ☕️ ½ cup simple syrup ☕️ ½ cup coffee liqueur ☕️ 2 cups vanilla vodka #newyearseve #drinkstagram #cocktails #nyeparty
The easiest last minute idea! 🎅🏻 Santa Hat Tequila Shots! 🧂Check out @Twang_Official for cocktail rimming & beer salts! Santa Hat Tequila Shots: 🎅🏻 tequila 🎅🏻 salt 🎅🏻 strawberries 🎅🏻 mini marshmallows 🎅🏻 picks Trim the stem of of the strawberries and skewer them all the way through with a bit of the pick peaking out of the pointy end of the strawberry. Top the pick with a mini marshmallow. Salt the rim of your shot glass and pour some chilled tequila into the shot glass. Balance the Santa hat garnish on top. #easychristmasidea #christmascocktail
Let’s make an oldie but goodie mint chocolate Grasshopper for Christmas! 💚 🔖 Save this recipe and try it at home! Christmas Grasshopper: 💚 1 oz cognac 💚 1 oz crème de menthe 💚 1 oz crème de cacao 💚 1 oz cream 💚 whipped cream 💚 chocolate syrup drizzle 💚 melted chocolate wafer rim* * To make the rim: 1. Melt some milk chocolate wafers. 2. Dip glass into melted chocolate. 3. Set chocolate in place by putting the glasses in the fridge. #christmascocktail #holidaycocktail #christmasdrink
Let’s make a Gingerbread Martini! 🤎 🔖 Save this recipe and make this Christmas cocktail at home! Gingerbread Martini Ingredients: 🤎 2 oz Gingerbread Vodka** 🤎 1 oz butterscotch schnapps 🤎 1 oz cream 🤎 cool whip 🤎 gingerbread cookie **Gingerbread Infused Vodka: • 1½ cups vodka • 1 in piece of peeled & chopped ginger • 3 cinnamon sticks • 2 orange peels • 1 vanilla bean split open • 5 cloves • 1 pinch of nutmeg Steps: 1. Add all ingredients to a bottle. 2. Let ingredients steep for 3-4 days in a cool dark place. 3. Shake once a day. 4. Strain and serve. #christmascocktail #christmasmartini #holidaydrink
Let’s make a White Christmas Mojito! 🥥 🤍 🔖 Save this recipe and try it at home! You can’t go wrong with a classic cocktail with a twist. Absolutely in love with this coconut Christmas mtooto! The creamy coconut is such a perfect complement in this refreshing tropical staple. You can drink this one year round if you wanted too! White Christmas Mojito: 🤍 2 ounces rum 🤍 3 lime wedges 🤍 8-10 mint leaves 🤍 1 ounce coconut cream 🤍 top club soda 🤍 cranberries & mint sprig garnish #christmascocktail #holidaydrink #christmasmojito
Let’s make some Coquito! 🥥 🇵🇷 🛒: Need rum!? Check out our favorite liquor delivery service @Bottlerover Coquito: 🥥 1½ cups rum (or 1 cup if you don’t like it strong) 🥥 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk 🥥 1 (15oz) can cream of coconut 🥥 1 (13.5oz) can coconut milk 🥥 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk 🥥 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 🥥 ½ teaspoon cinnamon 🥥 ¼ teaspoon nutmeg 🥥 garnishes: coconut shreds & cinnamon stick (optional) #coquito #christmascocktail #homemadecocktails
Happy Drinksgiving! 🍹🦃 Did you know the night before Thanksgiving is known to be the busiest drinking day in America?? Beating out New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo! 🥂 Don’t forget to tip your bartenders! 💵
Let’s make a Dirty Chai Martini! ☕️ 🤎 Bold chai spices blended into a classic espresso martini. 🤤 you’re going to want to save this one! 🔖 Dirty Chai Martini: ☕️ 2 oz vanilla vodka ☕️ ½ oz coffee liqueur ☕️ 1 oz chai syrup* ☕️ 1 oz espresso Chai Syrup recipe: 🤎 1 cup water 🤎 2 teaspoons loose leaf black tea 🤎 1 ½ cup brown sugar 🤎 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 🤎 1 piece ginger (chopped) 🤎 6 cardamom pods 🤎 2 cinnamon stick 🤎 2 whole cloves 🤎 2 black peppercorns 🤎 1 star anise #falldrinks #espressomartini
A little something to go with our Candy Cane Infused Vodka! Let’s make a Peppermint Espresso Martini ☕️ 🎄 We made our Candy Cane Vodka from scratch and it’s delish! It adds a refreshing twist to the classic espresso martini. However, there are a few brands out there that make a peppermint vodka that you can use if you’re short on time! If you can plan ahead, indulge in the holiday spirit and whip up this easy homemade peppermint vodka! Peppermint Espresso Martini: • 2 ounce candy cane vodka* • 1 ounce espresso • ½ ounce simple syrup • ½ ounce coffee liqueur • candy cane garnish Candy Cane Vodka: • 1½ cup vodka • 3 candy canes Candy Cane Vodka Steps: 1. Crush the candy canes and add them in a bottle with the vodka. 2. Check in half way and shake them up! 3. Allow to steep for 24 hours (or until the candy canes completely dissolve) Product used: Coffee liqueur - @mrblackspirits Simple syrup - @southbeachsyrups #christmascocktails #vodkadrinks #vodkacocktails #christmascocktailwithvodka
🌹 Celebrating the memories with every zesty sip. Let’s make a @Teremana Sugar Skull Sour for Dia De Los Muertos 🥃💀 Teremana Sugar Skull Sour: 🌹 2 oz Teremana Reposado 🌹 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 🌹 1/2 oz Ruby Red Grapefruit 🌹 3/4 Cinnamon Syrup 🌹 1 Egg White 🌹 Angostura Spritz on top over skull stencil
Splashing our way into Halloween with this Little Mermaid inspired cocktail! 🧜🏼♀️ 💚 Halloween cocktail #13 🛒: Get your BOOze delivered with @BottleRover Apple Splash-Tini 🍏 citron vodka 🍏 Appletini Pizzazz 🍏 starfruit garnish #cocktails #disneydrinks #halloweencocktail
Let’s talk black cocktail ingredients! 🖤 ⚠️ Ingredient number 3 is the most popular one I’ve seen however it raises some concerns and rightfully so! With Halloween right around the corner, let’s get to know these 3 spooky ingredients. Proceed with caution! ⚠️ 🛒: Get BOOzed delivered to your door with @BottleRover. Link in bio. #halloweendrinks #halloweencocktails
🎃✨ Spice up your halloween party with Mr. Pumpkin Mana! @Teremana #ad This pumpkin-infused cocktail is the perfect blend of fall flavors. Freshly crafted with Teremana Reposado, carrot juice, lemon juice, and a hint of heat, it’s a treat for your taste buds. Spice it up to your liking with hot sauce and celery salt, and don’t forget the spooky black salt rim. 🖤 Mr Pumpkin Mana: (4-5 servings) 🎃 1 L Bottles of Teremana Reposado 🎃 3 cups of Fresh Carrot Juice 🎃 2 cups Fresh Lemon Juice 🎃 2 cups Pumpkin Ginger Syrup 🎃 1 Tbsp of Hot Sauce (or to taste) 🎃 ½ Tsp of Celery Salt (or to taste) Pumpkin Ginger Syrup: Use a 15 oz can of pumpkin puree & 15 oz of ginger syrup blended together. To make the ginger syrup, combine ginger juice and simple syrup (1:1). #halloweencocktails #halloweendrinks #cocktails
Samantha and Vianca have been bartending together since 2012. After gaining local notoriety for their showmanship and chemistry, they decided to take their show onto the digital road and share their talents with the internet.
Their videos cover all things drinking from bartending tips, how-to’s, recipes, product reviews, to drinking games and challenges. Sam and Vianca will make you laugh, and more importantly will make you a better bartender.