HOLLYWOOD (Spiritsman)2/7/17/–Valentine’s day is just around the corner and George Clooney and Rande Gerber’s Casamigos Tequila has great cocktails to celebrate the special day.

CASAMIGOS HEARTS ON FIRE
2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
1 oz. Blood orange juice
1 oz. Fresh lime juice
.5 oz. Sugar Cane syrup
2 Dashes of firewater bitters OR 3-4 slices of a serrano pepper
Rim of salt / sugar / tijan or chipotle mixture (equal parts)

Method: Add all ingredients into shaker. Muddle fruit. Add ice. Shake
vigorously for 8-10 seconds. Fine strain into rocks glass. Add fresh ice.
Garnish with heart-shaped cut out of blood orange peel and place on top of
cocktail

STRAWBERRY SMASH

2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1 oz. Fresh lime juice

.5 oz. Sugar Cane syrup

2 Full strawberries

4 Basil leaves

2 Dashes peychauds bitter

Method: Combine all ingredients into tin shaker. Muddle herbs. Add ice. Shake vigorously for 8-10seconds. Fine strain into coupe glass. Garnish with large basil leaf and 3 heart-shapedstrawberry slices through skewer.