RECIPES: Summer tequila cocktails at Hotel Emma

Check out these sip-worthy spirits by Sternewirth bartender Ben Guerra

SAN ANTONIO – Shake up your summer with three sip-worthy cocktails by Sternewirth bartender Ben Guerra! If you don't want to make them yourself, stop by Sternewirth at Hotel Emma at the historic Pearl.

Corazon de Oro

Ingredients:
• 1 1/2 ounces single barrel Corazon reposado
• 3/4 ounce Tepache spiced pineapple
• 1/2 ounce beet infused Giffard ginger
• 1/4 ounce honey lime agave

Directions:
Shake all ingredients together in shaker. Strain over ice. Garnish with pineapple leaf.

Playa del Carmen

Ingredients:
• 3 chunks of poblano and pineapple
• Sprig of cilantro
• Orange wedge
• 1 1/2 ounces single barrel Corazon reposado
• 3/4 ounce Combier
• 1/4 ounce lime juice

Directions:
Muddle produce and shake with liquors in shaker. Double strain intro rocks glass and garnish with cilantro and poblano ring.

Hotel Emma's Signature Cocktail

Ingredients:
• 1 ounce Pearl beer and rose cordial
• 1 ounce Amontillado sherry
• 3/4 ounce Botanist gin
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice

Directions:
Shake all ingredients together in shaker. Strain into glass over fresh cracked ice. Garnish with Basil leaf.


About the Author

Diana Winters is a San Antonio-area native, Emmy award-winning and GLAAD-nominated journalist who loves the Alamo City. She is the executive producer of SA Live, creator of South Texas PRIDE and co-creator of Texas Eats.

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