With Thanksgiving right around the corner, enjoy the holiday for what it’s worth – good food, good drink, relaxation, and Thanksgiving’s slate of seemingly endless football games.
Hornitos® Tequila wants to make sure that you are properly equipped with a plan to get through each stage of the holiday. Using the tips below, you will be prepped and ready to get the most out of the day – from opening kickoff, right through dessert.
Cheers!
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Stage 1: Thanksgiving Day Football
Hornitos® Tequila’s Char-Cold One is a refreshing beer-inspired cocktail that is perfect for starting your day. Sit back, put your feet up and watch football the way that it’s meant to be watched.
Char-Cold One

· 1 ½ parts Hornitos® Plata Tequila
· 5 parts Mexican lager
· 3 dashes hot sauce
· 8 dashes Worcestershire sauce
· ½ part lime juice
Preparation: Combine ingredients in a pint glass or pilsner glass and serve. Garnish with lime.
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Stage 2: The Main Course
The Hornitos® Plata Paloma is a lighter drink that won’t fill you up as you empty your plate of all of the turkey, stuffing and Thanksgiving goodness that you can stomach.
Hornitos® Plata Paloma

· 2 parts Hornitos® Plata Tequila
· ½ part lime juice
· 2 parts white grapefruit juice
· 2 parts club soda
Preparation: Combine ingredients in a glass and serve. Garnish with a lime slice.
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Stage 3: The Dessert
Unwind at the end of a long day with the Brewed Awakenings coffee-inspired tequila cocktail that pairs perfectly with any pie on your Thanksgiving spread (that is if you have room for dessert.)
Brewed Awakenings

· 1 ½ parts Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila
· 1 ½ parts coffee liqueur
· ¼ part vanilla syrup *
· 1 part heavy cream
*To make vanilla syrup, mix together 1 part sugar, 1 part water and 1 part vanilla extract. Bring to a boil and cool before serving (approximately 1-2 minutes)
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a glass and serve
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