Margarita | 12%VOL | Salt, Tequila, Lime & Regret-Free Decisions (Maybe)

There is a moment in every home Margarita where it goes wrong. Usually it is the lime, either you have none, or you have one sad specimen that has been in the fruit bowl since Easter and gives up two drops. Ours skips that moment entirely. Tequila, lime and a whisper of orange, blended in small batches at our place in Manchester, waiting in the fridge for whenever you are. Sharp, Not Sweet This is the bit we are fussiest about. A lot of ready made Margaritas taste like limeade that has been shown a photograph of tequila. Ours goes the other way, proper citrus bite up front, agave warmth behind it, and a clean finish that makes you want another mouthful rather than a glass of water. If your benchmark is a good bar Margarita rather than a slushy one from a machine, you are in the right place. The Salt Rim Is Non-Negotiable Well, it is negotiable, but you would be wrong. Run a lime wedge round the outside edge of a chilled glass, dip it into a saucer of flaky salt, and pour the Margarita over ice. Salt the outside only, unless you enjoy drinking seawater. It takes fifteen seconds and it turns a nice drink into an occasion, which is quite a return on fifteen seconds. No salt, no lime, no time? A cold can and a tumbler of ice still tastes excellent. We are not the drinks police. Cans for the Fridge, Bottle for the Table The 200ml cans come in an 8 pack for keeping the fridge stocked, or a 24 pack when there is a party in the diary and you would rather not think about drinks again. Every can is one full ready to drink Margarita, no measuring and no blender to wash up at midnight. The 700ml bottle is the same pre-mixed Margarita for pouring your own. Seven serves at a standard 100ml pour, so it will handle a table of friends with a round to spare. Keep it cold, pour over plenty of ice, and let people rim their own glasses, it is oddly good fun. Feeding a crowd with different tastes? The taster pack puts eight Boozy flavours in one box and settles a lot of arguments. Strength, Plainly Stated Cans and bottle are both 12% ABV. That is 2.4 UK units per 200ml can, and 8.4 units in the full 700ml bottle. One can is one proper cocktail, roughly what a bar would pour you. Our Cocktail ABV Calculator will show you how that measures up against a Margarita shaken at home, which is usually a more sobering comparison than people expect. Made By Us, In Manchester We blend and fill every can ourselves in Manchester on our own kit. Small batches, made by the same handful of people who pack your order and read your emails. It is slower than farming it out to a contract factory, and it is the only reason the recipe is as sharp as it is. Fancy Making One From Scratch? Genuinely, do. A fresh Margarita made properly is one of the great cocktails, and my Margarita recipe walks you through the ratio that gets it right. Then, on the nights when the lime situation is dire, the can is in the fridge. The rest of the range is over on our ready to drink cocktail cans page. Margarita FAQs Do I need to add anything to it? Just ice, and salt if you are doing the rim. It is a finished cocktail, not a mixer, so nothing needs topping up. Should I salt the rim or not? Down to you. Salt sharpens the citrus and is the traditional serve, but plenty of people prefer it without. If you are pouring for guests, salt half the glasses and let them choose. Is it frozen or on the rocks? On the rocks, and that is how we would drink it. If you want a frozen one, pour a can into a blender with a big handful of ice and blitz it, it works nicely, just expect a slightly milder drink once the ice melts in. How many serves in the 700ml bottle? Seven at a standard 100ml pour. Keep it in the fridge between rounds and every glass tastes like the first one.