This shot began with a bet on Christmas Day. My little brother was playing an ESPN game where you had to pick prop bets during the NBA Christmas Day games. He asked me for advice on a bet–which team in the Dallas at Portland game would score ten points first? I told him to pick Portland because they’ve been playing well and they’re at home. He then blatantly ignored my advice and picked Dallas. This made me a little mad, so I proposed a bet. I would pick Portland and he could have Dallas. Whoever’s team gets ten points first can pick any alcoholic concoction from the liquor cabinet for the other person to take. Dallas scored the first bucket, and Kris talked a little crap… and then Portland scored the next ten straight and I won the bet.

After some deliberation, I ended up putting together a shot with Cazadores Añejo Tequila (my favorite tequila), a dash of Grand Marnier, and a dash of Port wine. I mixed the contents in a shaker with ice and strained into two shot glasses–yes I did the shot with him because I’m a good sport. The shot tasted mostly of tequila, but the sweetness of the liqueur and the wine took the bite away from it. The shot’s color was completely red from the wine, and it looked like it would be very pleasant to try, but again the tequila flavor overwhelmed the shot. Tequila has a nice habit of doing that. I also felt bad putting mixers into my favorite tequila of all time, but that’s all we had. This shot might be decent if you want some mixers to take the edge off some Jose Cuervo or equivalent cheap tequila. Also, the version of this shot we tried included Grand Marnier, so you could say we took a ‘Cadillac’ Port of Mexico shot. If you happen to not want Grand Marnier in the shot, try putting in Triple Sec or Cointreau, or just leave that part of the shot out. I’m sure it would still be a solid shot.

We took another shot this night, the White 51, and proceeded to Eric’s for what’s beginning to be a tradition of getting a party together on Christmas Day.

Ingredients

2 Parts: Cazadores® Añejo Tequila
1 Part: Port Wine
1 Part: Grand Marnier®

Instructions

Mix everything in a shaker with ice, pour entire contents into a shot glass.

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