Recipes: Celebrate the First Day of Spring with These Delicious Cocktails!

After a hard-hitting winter, it’s time for cocktails as light and refreshing as that first warm breeze of spring! Check out the recipes below for three festive drinks created by Sauza 901 Tequila mixologist Eddy Buckingham!

Che Sauza 901

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Sauza 901 Tequila

• 2 parts simple syrup

• 1 part fresh lime juice

• 3 mint sprigs

• 1/2 lime, cut into wedges

• Splash of soda water

Preparation:

• Muddle two mint sprigs and lime in a mixing glass and then combine all ingredients, excluding soda water

• Shake well

• Strain into a highball glass with ice and top with soda water

• Garnish with a mint sprig

Juan Collins

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Sauza 901 Tequila

• 1 part fresh lemon juice

• 1 part simple syrup

• Splash of soda water

• Lemon peel for garnish

• Cherry for garnish

Preparation:

• Combine all items, excluding the soda water in a mixing glass

• Shake well

• Serve in a highball glass over ice

• Top with soda water

• Garnish drink with a lemon peel and a cherry

Nueva Yorker

Ingredients:

• 3 parts Sauza 901 Tequila

• 2 parts pineapple juice

• 1 part Orange Curacao

• 1 part grenadine

• 1 part lime juice

Preparation:

• Combine all ingredients

• Shake well

• Strain and serve over ice in a highball

• Garnish with a pineapple spear and lime wheel