This might honestly be my favorite variant of a Margarita, tequila focused, just sour enough and just sweet enough. I brought the agave syrup down to 2 barspoon and excluded the olives, used Hornitos black barrel and dry Curaçao. Really quite lovely.

This works so well it may become my default for a Tequila old fashioned, which has been a staple drink of mine for years now. Absolutely excellent.

For all the stuff in this, a lot of it gets slammed by cognac and lemon juice. Certainly not bad, and I imagine over time I could learn to pick it apart, but I think I'll reach for a regular sidecar over this.

This is a delightfully simple cocktail and a shockingly excellent sidecar. I found a barspoon of simple syrup brought the drink into perfect balance, personally.