Highballs
Tequila Sunrise
Made with homemade grenadine · The Trident, Sausalito, 1972
- highball
- cubes
- build
Tequila Sunrise
- 1½ oz45 ml blanco tequila
- 3 oz90 ml fresh orange juice
- ½ oz15 ml grenadine
- Fill a highball glass with ice, pour in the tequila and orange juice, and stir briefly.
- Slowly pour the grenadine down the inside of the glass so it sinks to the bottom.
- Leave it unstirred and garnish with half an orange slice.
Garnish: half orange slice
The syrup
In this recipe
Homemade Grenadine½ oz15 ml
Real grenadine is pomegranate syrup: pomegranate juice and sugar warmed together until dissolved, with optional pomegranate molasses and orange blossom water.
As printed: grenadine syrup
Where it comes from
The modern version was worked out by bartenders Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice at the Trident in Sausalito in the early 1970s and went national after the Rolling Stones took it up on their 1972 U.S. tour. An earlier Tequila Sunrise from Phoenix's Arizona Biltmore, credited to Gene Sulit in the 1930s or '40s, was a different drink of tequila, crème de cassis, lime and soda.
Source: IBA Official Cocktails: Tequila Sunrise by International Bartenders Association.
Checked against: IBA: Tequila Sunrise · Imbibe: Tequila Sunrise · Wikipedia: Tequila sunrise (history) · Sausalito Historical Society: Not Just Another Tequila Sunrise
Gear for this drink
OXO SteeL Angled Measuring Jigger
Zulay Kitchen 2-in-1 Metal Lemon & Lime Squeezer
Best for Fresh citrus for sours and lemonade