Mexican Firing Squad
A tequila cocktail with pomegranate and lime.
CitrusPomegranateSpicy
Ingredients
- Tequila Blanco2 oz (60 ml)
- Lime Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Grenadine0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Angostura Bitters2 dashes
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients with ice.
- Strain into a highball over ice.
Glass: Highball
History
The Mexican Firing Squad — tequila, lime, grenadine and bitters — was recorded by the cocktail-hunting writer Charles H. Baker, who encountered it at La Cucaracha bar in Mexico City in the late 1930s. It is one of the earliest documented tequila cocktails in English-language literature.
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