A Prize-Winning Bartender Updates The Mai Tai

Name: A Prize-Winning Bartender Updates The Mai Tai
Ingredients: 1/2 ounce don julio añejo tequila; 1/2 ounce tanqueray no. ten gin; 1/8 ounce triple sec; 3/8 ounce fresh lime juice; 3/8 ounce bg reynolds orgeat; mint, for garnish

Marcy Franklin|June 21, 2012 11:06 am EST

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Want to know what a world-class cocktail tastes like? From the first-ever Diageo World Class U.S. Ambassador Richard Gomez, the Two Cities Skirmish is what he calls a an updated version of the Mai Tai with tequila and gin. Gomez says the key to a Mai Tai, no matter what the spirits, is the layering: This drink starts out with a kick, but finishes light. Impress all your friends with some world-class mixology — we won't tell that you got it from a master bartender.

Servings

1

Ingredients

1/2 ounce don julio añejo tequila
1/2 ounce tanqueray no. ten gin
1/8 ounce triple sec
3/8 ounce fresh lime juice
3/8 ounce bg reynolds orgeat
mint, for garnish

Directions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a lime shell and mint.