Gram-Arita Cadillac Margarita

Eric Alperin & The Copper Room

Old Fashioned Glass

Cubed

Ingredients

2 oz

Reposado Tequila
0.75 oz

Lime Juice
0.25 oz

Agave Syrup

organic blue agave syrup
0.5 oz

Grand Marnier

float

floated on top
0.5 rim

Salt

half-rimmed only, as Parsons preferred
1 wheel

Lime Wheel

for garnish

Instructions

Salt only half the rim of a rocks glass, then set aside. Combine the reposado tequila, lime juice, and agave syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well until thoroughly chilled. Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice. Gently float the Grand Marnier over the top. Garnish with a lime wheel.

About

A tribute to country music legend Gram Parsons, this Cadillac Margarita from the Copper Room in Yucca Valley channels his signature half-salt-rimmed order — a clean, citrus-forward tequila shake crowned with a float of Grand Marnier.

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