Best Margarita Recipe

[Nonbryan 173]

What's the secret to making a great margarita?  Does the tequila you use make the difference?  Is it the Cointreau?  What say thee?  What's your formula to success?

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

I don't know if you heard but there was a football game today and we lost and no one has time for your margarita nonsense. The real question is what is the secret to making a great offense? Is it good tequila? Possibly. 

[GreenspointTexas 9600]

Use fortaleza blanco still strength. Best blanco on the planet. Anyone that suggests anything else is a fucking idiot. Its not cheap tho... bout $50-$60 a bottle

 

use agave nectar instead of triple sec. i suggest agave in the raw from Kroger/HEB.

 

use BOTH Key and Persian limes. Both. Do not compromise. This is the secret. They taste vastly different but both are excellent.

 

2 oz fortaleza blanco (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz agave nectar

0.5 oz key lime juice

0.5 oz persian lime juice

 

 

 

Youre welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had. Dont listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best. Ive maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe. Well here it is

[futureman 22457]

OP, first thing you wanna do is get a bottle of casa dragones blanco.  it’s the best blanco on the planet.  anyone who says different was dropped on their head as a child and fed bleach from the bottle.  I’m talking hardcore, extreme stupidity.  but it’s not cheap, bout $75 a bottle.  

use triple sec instead of agave nectar, which is what retards use.

 

feel free to compromise on the limes.  key or persian, whatever, it doesn’t really matter.  

 

2 oz casa dragones (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz triple sec

1 oz lime juice

 

you’re welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had.  don’t listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best, and anyone who says different is probably aggy.  I’ve maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe.  well here it is

[HenryJames 66049]

13 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Use fortaleza blanco still strength. Best blanco on the planet. Anyone that suggests anything else is a fucking idiot. Its not cheap tho... bout $50-$60 a bottle

 

use agave nectar instead of triple sec. i suggest agave in the raw from Kroger/HEB.

 

use BOTH Key and Persian limes. Both. Do not compromise. This is the secret. They taste vastly different but both are excellent.

 

2 oz fortaleza blanco (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz agave nectar

0.5 oz key lime juice

0.5 oz persian lime juice

 

 

 

Youre welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had. Dont listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best. Ive maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe. Well here it is

That’s not a margarita.

[Landomatic 3813]

14 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Use fortaleza blanco still strength. Best blanco on the planet. Anyone that suggests anything else is a fucking idiot. Its not cheap tho... bout $50-$60 a bottle

 

use agave nectar instead of triple sec. i suggest agave in the raw from Kroger/HEB.

 

use BOTH Key and Persian limes. Both. Do not compromise. This is the secret. They taste vastly different but both are excellent.

 

2 oz fortaleza blanco (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz agave nectar

0.5 oz key lime juice

0.5 oz persian lime juice

 

 

 

Youre welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had. Dont listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best. Ive maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe. Well here it is

 

10 hours ago, futureman said:

OP, first thing you wanna do is get a bottle of casa dragones blanco.  it’s the best blanco on the planet.  anyone who says different was dropped on their head as a child and fed bleach from the bottle.  I’m talking hardcore, extreme stupidity.  but it’s not cheap, bout $75 a bottle.  

use triple sec instead of agave nectar, which is what retards use.

 

feel free to compromise on the limes.  key or persian, whatever, it doesn’t really matter.  

 

2 oz casa dragones (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz triple sec

1 oz lime juice

 

you’re welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had.  don’t listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best, and anyone who says different is probably aggy.  I’ve maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe.  well here it is

 

46 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

That’s not a margarita.

Now I'm torn.  This is all pretty compelling.  Are any of you guys even a real Mexican?

[Mo Horn 8835]

 My go to that everyone seems to want more of

2oz of whatever tequila you like best

1oz lime juice 

.05oz triple sec

.05oz agave

I always do them on the rocks. I'm not a fan of salt on the rim, but if others want it that's fine. 

[futureman 22457]

.05 oz?  

[Junior Miller 1502]

13 hours ago, futureman said:

OP, first thing you wanna do is get a bottle of casa dragones blanco.  it’s the best blanco on the planet.  anyone who says different was dropped on their head as a child and fed bleach from the bottle.  I’m talking hardcore, extreme stupidity.  but it’s not cheap, bout $75 a bottle.  

use triple sec instead of agave nectar, which is what retards use.

 

feel free to compromise on the limes.  key or persian, whatever, it doesn’t really matter.  

 

2 oz casa dragones (fuck using a repo or anejo.. they are shit)

0.5 oz triple sec

1 oz lime juice

 

you’re welcome for the best homemade margarita youve ever had.  don’t listen to anyone else, this recipe is the best, and anyone who says different is probably aggy.  I’ve maybe spent $5-10k on tequila over the past decade... all while trying to perfect this recipe.  well here it is

Best fucking thing you've ever posted. It's an extremely low bar I know but genuine lulz. 

Best is whatever the fuck Gloria's does on their casa Noble meltdown. That shit is delicious and strong as fuck. 

It's all about personal taste. About the closest thing you get to a constant is to use blanco tequila because you want the strong unrested flavors of the agave to shine through with the strong flavor of lime. The other types are too mellow and you get the lime overpowering the flavor. 

[HouTex 1867]

2 oz 100% agave tequila
2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
2 oz triple sec, Cointreau, or grand marnier

Shake with ice. Serve on the rocks. Top shelf tequila for a margarita is a waste. Lime kills any nuance you might get from good tequila. Like using Pappy for an old fashioned.

[Mo Horn 8835]

4 hours ago, futureman said:

.05 oz?  

 Nope, my bad 1/2 oz. Meant to type .5

[Errestaurants 2570]

This recipe got me laid a bunch circa 1998. Probably not good enough for all you high cotton fucks.

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

3 hours ago, HouTex said:

2 oz 100% agave tequila
2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
2 oz triple sec, Cointreau, or grand marnier

Shake with ice. Serve on the rocks. Top shelf tequila for a margarita is a waste. Lime kills any nuance you might get from good tequila. Like using Pappy for an old fashioned.

Pappy in an old fashioned?!? That's blasphemous. It should only be mixed with Diet Coke.

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

The quality of the triple sec is far more important than the quality of the tequila. Hell, use Oso tequila from the bathtub distillery in Laredo, for all the difference it would make. The citrus is far more significant than the agave. Spending more on tequila immediately marks you as a pretentious loser who doesn't actually know what the fuck he is talking about.

Edited October 13, 2019 by Walden Ponderer
Autocorrect clearly drinks Don Julio

[Eggo 3977]

4 hours ago, HouTex said:

2 oz 100% agave tequila
2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
2 oz triple sec, Cointreau, or grand marnier

Shake with ice. Serve on the rocks. Top shelf tequila for a margarita is a waste. Lime kills any nuance you might get from good tequila. Like using Pappy for an old fashioned.

Pappy makes a damn good OF, you just wouldn't do it because it's too rare and too expensive. Given that good tequila won't require a stakeout, I'd say go for it. 

El Tesoro Blanco and Cointreau is my go-to for margs.

Edited October 13, 2019 by Eggo

[jimmyjazz 45925]

Agave nectar tastes like ass.  Simple syrup if you must.

[NAVY 6740]

Here is the frozen margarita recipe from Nasty’s during my bartending days in the mid-to-late 90s. 

5 gallon plastic container: 

* 4  750ml bottles of the very cheapest tequila - El Horrible or something 

* 1 750ml bottle of really bad (and cheap) Triple Sec 

* 1 big bag of dry lime flavored stuff with sugar.  Like cool aid 

* 1 big bag of lemon cool aid stuff

* fill the rest of the container with tap water and stir 

Poor that shit into the three frozen margarita machines and then make 3 more 5 gallon batches for all you thirsty drunk fuckers. 
 

Almost forgot...  when serving a pitcher of rita pour a huge shot of everclear on top. 
 

boom 

[freyguy 4270]

Jesus, who wasn't puking after that?

[Surly Bevo 24908]

On 10/17/2019 at 5:08 PM, NAVY said:

Here is the frozen margarita recipe from Nasty’s during my bartending days in the mid-to-late 90s. 

5 gallon plastic container: 

* 4  750ml bottles of the very cheapest tequila - El Horrible or something 

* 1 750ml bottle of really bad (and cheap) Triple Sec 

* 1 big bag of dry lime flavored stuff with sugar.  Like cool aid 

* 1 big bag of lemon cool aid stuff

* fill the rest of the container with tap water and stir 

Poor that shit into the three frozen margarita machines and then make 3 more 5 gallon batches for all you thirsty drunk fuckers. 
 

Almost forgot...  when serving a pitcher of rita pour a huge shot of everclear on top. 
 

boom 

As a mid to late 90s Nasty's connoisseur,  I salute you good man.

[Hook1997 5354]

If you claim the tequila doesn’t matter you  don’t Really like good margaritas, just saying.   You can defiantly taste the difference between plastic bottle crap and a decent tequila in a properly mixed margarita.  Cointreau, lime juice, tequila and a splash of orange juice and mix to your liking.  

Edited October 19, 2019 by Hook1997

[elfenix 34238]

 

[!!!HOTDOGS!!! 31]

Always a good time trying to figure out a good margarita. Obviously different people like different things so just try different stuff until you figure out what matters to you. There are a couple of ideas to keep in mind, though. Fresh juice is always the way to go. Always. Fresh juice > pasteurized > powdered mix. Also, don't pay too much for the tequila. The qualities you pay a premium for (smoothness, flavor, nuance, etc.) are quickly lost when combined with multiple other ingredients.

 

1.5 oz tequila

.75 oz triple sec

.75 oz simple syrup

.75 oz lime juice

.25 oz oj

 

That's a pretty generic place to start from. If you want it a little more boozy add another .5 oz tequila and subtract .25 oz simple and lime. Try it with agave instead of simple, or cointreau or grand marnier instead of triple. Maybe switching to cointreau instead of triple makes it too sweet so reduce the amount of simple. Try it without simple, but increase the triple like HouTex's recipe above. Maybe you want to muddle some shit in it. The fun part is you just have to make and drink different margaritas until you find what you like. Shitty huh?

 

I have been enjoying jalapeño margs lately. Take 2-3 slices of raw jalapeño, depending on how much heat you like, and muddle with a splash of simple. This kind of candies it just a little. Or muddle with splash of lime if you don't want the added sugar. Do this in a shaker can then build the margarita in the can with ice, shake, and dump into your glass.

[futureman 22457]

6 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

If you claim the tequila doesn’t matter you  don’t Really like good margaritas, just saying.   You can defiantly taste the difference between plastic bottle crap and a decent tequila in a properly mixed margarita.  Cointreau, lime juice, tequila and a splash of orange juice and mix to your liking.  

[Jerry Callo 8701]

I use Horanitos Reposado and Grand Marinier. Might be overkill for a margarita, but both are drinkable neat.

[High Plains Drifter 11049]

Blanco tequila, lime juice.

 

If you are drinking with women or pussies, pour over ice and add a dash of OJ.

 

Simple.

[RMac5 1551]

 2oz Fresh Lime Juice

2oz Anejo Tequila

1oz Simple Syrup

1oz Citronge 

.75oz Orange Juice

 

[Junior Miller 1502]

On 10/19/2019 at 9:08 AM, freyguy said:

Jesus, who wasn't puking after that?

That's why most people say they can't drink tequila because it makes them sick or hungover. It's because the only experience they have with it is a ton of cheap garbage mixto like Cuervo gold mixed with garbage like everclear from places like that. 

And thank God for those places. If whitey ever really en masse figured out how amazing real tequila is the prices would triple. Just like skirt steak. 

[Eastwood 4394]

2 oz 100% agave tequila
2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
2 oz triple sec, Cointreau, or grand marnier

Shake with ice. Serve on the rocks. Top shelf tequila for a margarita is a waste. Lime kills any nuance you might get from good tequila. Like using Pappy for an old fashioned.

This here and the fresh lime juice and high quality triple sec are the difference makers. You can muddle some fresh sliced jalapeño to add to the shaker and add a slice to the rim for a little pizazz.

[horn4life 3760]

On 10/17/2019 at 5:08 PM, NAVY said:

Here is the frozen margarita recipe from Nasty’s during my bartending days in the mid-to-late 90s. 

5 gallon plastic container: 

* 4  750ml bottles of the very cheapest tequila - El Horrible or something 

* 1 750ml bottle of really bad (and cheap) Triple Sec 

* 1 big bag of dry lime flavored stuff with sugar.  Like cool aid 

* 1 big bag of lemon cool aid stuff

* fill the rest of the container with tap water and stir 

Poor that shit into the three frozen margarita machines and then make 3 more 5 gallon batches for all you thirsty drunk fuckers. 
 

Almost forgot...  when serving a pitcher of rita pour a huge shot of everclear on top. 
 

boom 

If my dick was a tongue, it would have tasted Nasty's margaritas more than once.  

[TheAuditor 1036]

On 10/17/2019 at 5:08 PM, NAVY said:

Here is the frozen margarita recipe from Nasty’s during my bartending days in the mid-to-late 90s. 

5 gallon plastic container: 

* 4  750ml bottles of the very cheapest tequila - El Horrible or something 

* 1 750ml bottle of really bad (and cheap) Triple Sec 

* 1 big bag of dry lime flavored stuff with sugar.  Like cool aid 

* 1 big bag of lemon cool aid stuff

* fill the rest of the container with tap water and stir 

Poor that shit into the three frozen margarita machines and then make 3 more 5 gallon batches for all you thirsty drunk fuckers. 
 

Almost forgot...  when serving a pitcher of rita pour a huge shot of everclear on top. 
 

boom 

This explains my freshman and sophomore GPA.

[NoRagrets 1125]

2oz Good Blanco Tequila, like Herradura

1/2 lime squeezed

A little bit of kosher or Himalaya salt

0 - .5oz of triple sec depending on desired sweetness

mix with ice 

[VABuckeye 2472]

4-3-2-1

4 tbsp tequila, 3 tbsp orange juice, 2 lime halves juiced, 1 tsp agave nectar.  Serve over crushed ice.  Perfection. 

[BearSchlong 8091]

You normal average temperate drinkers crack me up.

The correct answer is you lick the salt, take the shot, and squeeze the lime in your mouth. Or fuck the lime and just guzzle from the bottle. Repeat til you're spending all your money on Lawyers.

Too much?

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

17 minutes ago, BearSchlong said:

You normal average temperate drinkers crack me up.

The correct answer is you lick the salt, take the shot, and squeeze the lime in your mouth. Or fuck the lime and just guzzle from the bottle. Repeat til you're spending all your money on Lawyers.

Too much?
 

You forgot to brag about spending $10k on booze.

[Buzzrock 14920]

That's why most people say they can't drink tequila because it makes them sick or hungover. It's because the only experience they have with it is a ton of cheap garbage mixto like Cuervo gold mixed with garbage like everclear from places like that. 
And thank God for those places. If whitey ever really en masse figured out how amazing real tequila is the prices would triple. Just like skirt steak. 

Most. Not all. My tequila nightmare was brought on by shooting straight Pepe Lopez in high school. Took me a few years to be able to sniff tequila again.

I need to spend some time and dial in my margarita. Every time I have a good one at a restaurant it seems to lose its magic by the bottom of the glass. Every time I make them at home I forgot what I did from the time before.

I like them boozy (so for me the tequila matters), not too sweet, and more of a tart than sour lime flavor. I like Altos for a cheap but good mixing tequila. And always use Blanco in a marg.

[C-Man 27223]

Drink Ranch Water instead. Ice in the glass, fill glass with 1/3 blanco tequila, then fresh squeezed juice from one lime and fill the rest with Topo Chico. You can dial back on the lime juice if you like for true Ranch Water. The whole lime is kind of a mashup between margarita and RW.

[RMac5 1551]

Ranch Water is my go to nowadays. 

[ramirezut 63]

bump.

I've heard that St. Germain or Maraschino liqueur are good subs for triple sec/orange liqueur. Has anyone tried this? 

[PorscheGuy 127]

13 hours ago, ramirezut said:

bump.

I've heard that St. Germain or Maraschino liqueur are good subs for triple sec/orange liqueur. Has anyone tried this? 

St Germain is my go to instead of triple sec. Especially when using fresh lime juice.  It helps balance the acidity.

 

My go to ratio is:

2 oz Blanco Tequila

.75 oz St Germain

2 limes freshly squeezed

Serve over Ice or shaken / served up

 

[RollLeft 5045]

I've mixed a few different tequilas and also thought i'd experiment with the proportions, to my taste, on this classic drink.

So far

50ml (1.69 oz max) Tequila 

1 oz Lime (with a squeeze more)

.5 oz Triple

<.5 oz   Agave

shaken 

So far Don Julio Blanco > Patron Silver > Jose Cuervo Especial Gold

The tequila matters, imo.

Edited March 19, 2020 by RollLeft

[ramirezut 63]

Just got a bottle of Milagro silver which was on sale at the local store. I'm also a big fan of Don Julio but I'd rather sip that, usually. Other go to silver tequilas I like:

• Centenario
• Corralejo
• Patrón

[sheeeit 129]

I prefer on the rocks but for a group this frozen recipe is fantastic and very easy:

1 Can Minute Maid Limeade (The limeade you pick actually makes a difference. Don’t go with the cheap knock off version).

Fill empty limeade can with tequila.  Don’t go cheap but no need for high quality in a frozen. 
 

Half fill limeade can with a decent Triple Sec. 

1 12oz beer

Blend with ice.  Smooth and delicious.  

[HenryJames 66049]

[ramirezut 63]

It worked out nicely. Added Tajin, bc well, call me old fashioned ese.

[Steel Shank 9425]

On 3/19/2020 at 6:13 PM, sheeeit said:

I prefer on the rocks but for a group this frozen recipe is fantastic and very easy:

1 Can Minute Maid Limeade (The limeade you pick actually makes a difference. Don’t go with the cheap knock off version).

Fill empty limeade can with tequila.  Don’t go cheap but no need for high quality in a frozen. 
 

Half fill limeade can with a decent Triple Sec. 

1 12oz beer

Blend with ice.  Smooth and delicious.  

What the fuck, motherfucker?

[MirrOlure 14771]

I typically go with the standard

2 parts high end reposado tequila
1 part Cointreau
1 part lime juice
Trace of simple syrup or agave nectar

But for something different, this is a damn good crowd pleaser:

[Steel Shank 9425]

You some kind of mixologist or something?

[sheeeit 129]

18 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

What the fuck, motherfucker?

It’s tasty.   

[CycleTex87 2970]

5 minutes ago, sheeeit said:

It’s tasty.   

Yes, we used to do this version, using a corona beer.  For a crowd, it does pretty good. 

[NoName 16351]

any general value tequila recs? not looking for cheap, just good value

Edited March 24, 2020 by NoName