Yes, there’s a cocktail for everything.
One day especially deserving of a cocktail is April 16 — the day after you almost didn’t meet the big deadline for Tax Day. In honor of surviving another round of filing those taxes, New York City bartender Xavier Herit created this tequila drink using Tequila Don Julio 1942, aged for two-and-a-half-years (the amount of time it felt like you worked on your taxes) and full of roasted agave and vanilla notes.
High Roller's Refund
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio 1942
3/4 oz smoked grapefruit cordial (see recipe below)
1/3 oz verjus
1/5 oz grenadine syrup
Cinnamon powder and salt
In a mixing glass, combine Tequila Don Julio 1942, verjus, smoked grapefruit cordial and grenadine syrup with one large ice cube. Stir.
Strain contents into a coupe glass rimmed with cinnamon powder mixed with salt.
Smoked Grapefruit Cordial
900 g smoked sugar
2 1/3 g water
20 grapefruit zest
28 1/2 g citric acid
11 g tartaric acid
Boil sugar and water.
Remove from heat and add grapefruit juice, grapefruit zest, citric acid and tartaric acid. Put in container, smoke and seal. Keep refrigerated overnight.
— Adapted from Xavier Herit
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