Name: Cadillac Margarita (AKA Grand Margarita)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Grand Marnier; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Agave syrup; 6 drop Margarita Bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar) (optional)

6 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters (optional)

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt (optional)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cadillac Margarita (AKA Grand Margarita) contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.9% alc./vol. (41.79° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Comments & Discussion

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Loz Horner 4w

Yes very nice. A little more tart than a standard marg as many below have noted. Quite liked that though.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 5w

Margarita tragics that we are, we loved this. To those commenters who want more sweetness, perhaps instead of adding more syrup just split the liqueur 15ml Grande Marnier and 7.5ml triple sec. Or go to another Margarita. Grande Marnier, despite its opulence, has a dryness about it which is what, for us, makes this Margarita special.

Steven Jepson Premium Member 1y

Very nice and slightly sourer than a standard triple sec version.
I used a Tajin half rim as find a pure salt rim not to my taste

Steven Jepson Premium Member 1y

Tried with a good squeeze of Agave and actually improves.

Nicola Brown 2y

I enjoyed this but added a touch of agave syrup.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

Why included in the light rum 3 ingredients cocktail overview - must be a mistake.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

I don't count the bitters or saline in three ingredients.

David Tyler 2y

No tall tale, but while working at El Torito in Daly City, Ca. In the early eighties, I experimented with margarita and Grand Marnier. They liked it so much that the next thing you know, all the tables and bar had table tents with offering this drink! I'm pretty sure I'm the one responsible for this excellent concoction!!

Glenna Pritchett 3y

I like it just a bit sweeter so I used equal parts tequila and Grand Marnier.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

I agree, possibly it would be an idea to reduce the lime a bit.

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

This is a top grade margarita. Traditional in flavour, but a bit unique with the Grand Marinier. Easy to drink and very well balanced. A must for any Mexican dinner or themed party.