One Drink, Three Ways: TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Tequila cocktails have been enjoying a renaissance lately, with Spicy Margaritas making a cameo in the remake of The Fall Guy and trendy tequila cream liqueurs becoming an after-dinner staple. To help you explore tequila beyond the usual shot with lime and salt, we’re here to shine a spotlight on the vibrant world of tequila cocktails with TAKE Tequila.

TAKE Tequila offers a fresh and modern way to enjoy this classic spirit. Embracing the vibrant colours and flavours of Mexico, TAKE Tequila has crafted a range of easy-drinking tequila liqueurs that cater to all palates.

The range includes a classic Tequila Blanco, made from 100% Blue Weber Agave, as well as fruit-infused liqueurs like Pink Grapefruit, Jalapeño, and Pineapple. These liqueurs are delightful on their own, whether sipped as a shot or served on the rocks, but lets not forget the magic they bring to cocktails, where their fruity notes add an extra oomph. Let’s dive into three delicious cocktails featuring what might be our favourite, the TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur…

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Pineapple Margarita

Ingredients:
50ml/1.7oz Take Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
25ml/0.85oz Fresh Lime Juice
25ml/0.85oz Pineapple Juice (not from concentrate)
Splash of Angostura Bitters to taste (if required)
Pineapple wedge as a garnish

This zesty, refreshing drink strikes the perfect balance between sweet and sour, thanks to the pineapple. It's well-blended and with liqueur instead of spirit, it’s not overpowering like some Margs can become, making it an ideal aperitif. Method: Add the pineapple liqueur, lime juice, and pineapple juice into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour into a glass with ice, add Angostura Bitters to taste, and stir. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

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Pineapple Tequila, Lime & Soda

Ingredients:
60ml/2oz TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
5ml/0.2oz Fresh Lime Juice
90ml/3oz Franklin & Sons Guava & Lime Soda
Lime Wedge to garnish

A fruity, refreshing blend that’s perfect for summer. Light and easy to drink, with a medium sweetness and a sparkling kick, this cocktail is sure to be a crowd-pleaser at garden parties. So easy to make too! Method: Combine the ingredients and stir. Pour into a highball glass with ice and garnish with a lime wedge.

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Pineapple Tequila Sunrise

Ingredients:
120ml/4oz Pineapple Juice (not from concentrate)
50ml/1.7oz TAKE Tequila Pineapple Liqueur 
15ml/0.5oz Grenadine

A slightly sweeter, more tropical version of the classic Tequila Sunrise! With just the right amount of tartness, it’s the perfect drink to enjoy at brunch. Isn’t she a beauty? Method: Pour the pineapple juice and tequila liqueur into a highball glass and stir gently. Slowly add the grenadine, trickling it down the back of a spoon to create that beautiful sunrise effect. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

By Latoya Austin

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One Drink, Three Ways: El Mayor Reposado

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Up in the Jalisco Highlands, Destiladora Gonzales has been in production for more than 150 years, producing hand-made premium tequila under the esteemed El Mayor name.

Aged in white oak for a minimum of nine months, their reposado has developed an elegant structure, deep, balanced taste and divine smoothness. Baking spices, rich caramel and a herbal kiss layer up for a benchmark creation. It’s absolutely worth exploring it solo, but of course when it comes to tequila, the thought of a cocktail is never too far away. So, without further ado, let us introduce three simple yet stunning El Mayor reposado cocktails for you to try…

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El Mayor Paloma

Ingredients:
50ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
25ml Pink Grapefruit Juice
15ml Lime Juice
10ml Agave Syrup
50ml Pink Grapefruit Soda

Super refreshing with a citrus and agave burst! A perfect summertime sipper. Method: Shake the tequila, pink grapefruit juice, lime and agave in a shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice and top up with grapefruit soda. Give a gentle stir to integrate the flavours. Cheers.

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El Mayor Spicy Margarita

Ingredients:
50ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
25ml Orange Liqueur
25ml Lime Juice
5ml Agave Syrup
2 Sprigs of Coriander
1 Slice of Red Chilli 

Incredibly moreish with a mouth-watering spice, agave nectar and chipotle tequila flavour. Method: Muddle the chilli and coriander in the base of a shaker before adding all of the other ingredients. Shake with ice and fine strain into a tumbler glass filled with ice. Sip with a kick!

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El Mayor Negroni

Ingredients:
60ml El Mayor Tequila Reposado
30ml Campari
30ml Sweet Vermouth
15ml Orange Zest Simple Syrup

For something more brooding, try this dark, bitter and intense Tequila Negroni. It’s the perfect end of night serve that is super simple to make. Method: Fill your cocktail glass with ice and stir together the Campari, El Mayor, vermouth, and syrup until chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass with ice, garnish with an orange wheel or slice, and you’re ready to go.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Cutty Sark Prohibition Whisky

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

Cutty Sark is an iconic whisky, from the stand-out yellow label (which was actually a printing error that’s stuck), to its Prohibition roots. Dreamt up in London in the 20s, it captured hearts over the Atlantic where speakeasy cocktails thrived and once it actually became legal, its popularity sky rocketed.

Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition was released in 2013 as an ode to these origins, and Captain Bill McCoy (AKA The Real McCoy), who shipped it nearly a century before. It’s a small batch blend of the finest single malts and quality grain whiskies, using carefully chosen American Sherry oak casks. At 50%, it packs a bigger punch than the original, with the signature vanilla and spice coming through as well as crushed nuts, dark chocolate and caramel, before a stunningly smooth finish.

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Pear Cooler

Ingredients:
50ml Cutty Sark Prohibition
20ml fresh lemon juice
20ml ginger syrup
1tsp honey
ginger ale
pear slices

The Prohibition Pear Cooler marries the whisky spice with beautiful ginger syrup for sweetness, and ginger ale for refreshment. Silky honey brings its own aromatic sweetness and texture, and the lemon cuts through nicely before a hit of fresh pear. Method: Muddle the pear, lemon, honey and ginger syrup, and add in your Prohibition. Strain it well (that’s important), before topping up with ginger ale, and a leftover pear slice. Cheers!

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The Rob Roy

Ingredients:
50ml Cutty Sark Prohibition
20ml sweet vermouth
dash of orange bitters
orange peel

Prohibition absolutely makes this 19th century classic sing. Malty, smooth, fantastically sweet and with just a little spice on the finish, this whiskey is ideal. Method: Famously simple, all you need to do is shake everything and pour into your cocktail glass, over large ice cubes. A little garnish of orange peel and you’re sorted.

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The Godfather

Ingredients:
40ml Cutty Sark Prohibiton
20ml amaretto liqueur
ice

This one is perfect for winter, really bringing out those nutty notes with sweet, luxurious almond flavoured amaretto. Everything is so silky it’s heaven. The sweetness is perfectly poised, and it feels indulgent yet sophisticated. Method: Add some big ice cubes into a glass, and pour in, first your Prohibition, and then the amaretto of your choice (Disaronno is hard to beat). Stir gently, and enjoy.

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One Drink, Three Ways: Amarula Cream Liqueur

One Drink, Three Ways is the signature feature by The Three Drinkers. Join us as we take one bottle and create a trio of phenomenal serves that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere. From rums and whiskies to gins and wine styles, we help you get the most out of your glass. It’s time to get liquid on lips.

If ever there was a time that us Brits loved to sip on a cream liqueur, winter is it. So, let us turn your attention to Amarula, an exquisite cream liqueur hailing from South Africa, distilled with precision from ethically sourced Marula fruit.

Aged in French oak for two years before being blended with velvety smooth cream, this cream liqueur is unlike any other with delightful notes of sweet tropical guava, fig, and a hint of silky caramel. It’s absolutely divine on its own, however it makes a brilliant cocktail too. So, without further ado, let us introduce three simple yet stunning Amarula Cream Liqueur cocktails for you to try…

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The Gingerbread Man

Ingredients:
50ml Amarula Cream
50ml gingerbread liqueur
25ml coffee
30ml coffee liqueur

It’s creamy, it’s indulgent and it’s quite frankly Christmas in a glass. What more could you ask for! Method: Simply pour all the ingredients into your cocktail shaker, add 6-8 ice cubes, shake rigorously for 10-15 seconds until the cocktail has cooled and double strain into a chilled coupe. Who said that perfection had to be complex?!

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Apricot & Cream

Ingredients:
65ml Amarula Cream
35ml brandy
25ml apricot liqueur
10ml sugar syrup

The tropical fruit notes in the Amarula mix beautifully with the apricot liqueur and brandy to make a gloriously decadent cocktail here. Method: Another very simple recipe, simply pour all the ingredients into a mixing glass, add 4-5 ice cubes, stir rigorously for 10-15 seconds and double strain into chilled coupe. If you’re feeling fancy you could also try garnish the cocktail with a sliced apricot skin on a toothpick! Cheers.

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Cranberry and Orange Twist

Ingredients:
60ml Amarula Cream
25ml vodka
15ml cranberry liqueur
10ml orange liqueur

For something even Christmassier with an elegant twist, try this fruity, creamy delight. Another super simple Amarula Cream cocktail that has the wow factor. And if you want to add an extra touch of magic, make sure to add those cranberries on that cocktail pin! Method: Pour all the ingredients in a shaker, add 6-8 ice cubes and shake rigorously for 10-15 seconds. Finally, double strain into a chilled coupe, sit back, relax and enjoy!

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12 Cream Liqueurs Perfect for Sipping this Winter

It’s that time of year when we start to think of mistletoe, holly and Christmas trees, but what could be more quintessentially thought of as a Christmas drink than cream liqueurs? The shop shelves are awash with Baileys Irish Cream, however, good Baileys is, and it is very good, there are some other alternatives which are just as good if not better.

Cream liqueurs don’t have to be just Irish Cream. They can be made with other spirits than Irish whiskey too. Any whisky, be it Scotch or even English can be used. Rum can also be used. In fact, pretty much any good spirit used delicately can make a cream liqueur and even some that don’t even use dairy! To kick off the Christmas spirit I’ve found a few cream liqueurs which any drinks cupboard would be happy to house, the issue being that most cream liqueurs don’t hang around that long, which begs the question of why we don’t drink them all year round!

Cotswolds Cream Liqueur

Kicking off we have an English Cream Liqueur from one of the best distilleries in the country. This is made from new make from the Cotswolds distillery, which is the same spirit they are using to make their now famous whisky. All made with barley grown in the local area, it has a little fruity edge from the new make and is excellent over ice cream, but like most cream liqueurs is brilliant just by itself.

ABV: 17%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £25.95

Bumbu Cream Liqueur

Bumbu make a fabulous, spiced rum, and they also make this wonderful cream liqueur using rum from the Caribbean, a selection of spices and real dairy cream. It’s great to drink neat or over ice, but it mixes very well in cocktails. I’ve added a touch to an espresso martini to give it a creamy texture and smoothness and it works very well.

ABV: 15%
Size: UK 700ml // US 750ml
Find here: UK £29 // US $36.99

Coole Swan

An Irish cream liqueur made from Irish single malt whiskey, fresh Irish cream, and decadent Belgian white chocolate. This is one of the most velvety cream liqueurs I have experienced. It is also one of the sweetest, so if you have a sweet tooth, then this one is for you. It’s not cloying however and has a lovely balance leaving you wanting more. It’s good by itself, but is much better chilled, leaving the flavours to develop as the liquid warms on your palate.

ABV: 15%
Size: UK 700ml // US 750ml
Find here: UK £24.94 // US $29.99

Aldi Specially Selected Luxury Edition Irish Cream Liqueur

I recently did a taste test with a few of the biggest brands of Irish Cream, and it was very difficult to separate this one from the very best and well known in terms of quality. It is a little darker than most, but also a touch richer on the chocolate. It makes a nice change if you’re looking to have more than one cream liqueur. One thing which really does separate it from the rest of the pack is the price. It’s an absolute bargain!

ABV: 17%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £7.99

Amarula Cream

This is a very fruity cream liqueur with lots of caramel. It is made from the distilled fruit of the Marula tree in South Africa and it wins awards, with good reason. Beyond the cream liqueur there is the Amarula Trust which raises funds for conservation which protects the wildlife, especially the protection of elephants, and also funds educational projects.

ABV: 17%
Size: UK 700ml // US 750ml
Find here: UK £14.36 // US $23.99

Edradour Whisky Cream Liqueur

This is a Scotch whisky cream liqueur made with single malt whisky from the Edradour distillery. One of Scotland's smallest traditional distilleries. It is a cut above the rest of the regular cream liqueurs, yet remains great value for money at well under £20. A great bang for your buck.

ABV: 17%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £17.94

Kyrö Dairy Cream Liqueur

Hailing from Finland, this is made with local milk and cream and uses rye whiskey from the Kyrö distillery. Yet even though it is using local milk and cream it is lactose free! It is vanilla forward in flavour with a little nuttiness in the background and goes extremely well with coffee.

ABV: 16%
Size: 500ml
Find here: £21.95

Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur

This is an Irish cream liqueur from County Cork made with single batches of fresh cream and blended with triple distilled Irish whiskey all within 48 hours of the ingredients being collected. The name comes from the source of the ingredients which come from five family-owned farms in the area. A brilliant one to sip on its own and if you want to see more about how it is made, why not check out episode 3 of The Three Drinkers in Ireland?

ABV: 17%
Size: UK 700ml // US 750ml
Find here: UK £27.09 // US $34.99

Tequila Black 38 Chocolate Cream

This is an exciting cream liqueur made from liqueur from Destilerías Espronceda. There is a freshness which is produced by tequila which balances perfectly with decadent chocolate flavours. If you’d like something a little unusual and you love Tequila, then is a winner for you.

ABV: 17%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £21.95

Original Magnum Cream Liqueur

Created by blending single malt whisky from the BenRiach distillery and Dutch cream, this is a very decadent cream liqueur. It is rich and chocolatey and is very good in coffee, poured over ice or ice-cream! And we’re digging the milk churn bottle shape here at The Three Drinks HQ.

ABV: 17%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £24.95

Baileys in Magnum

One can’t have an article on the best Cream Liqueurs without having Baileys on the list. It’s best-selling for a reason. The original cream liqueur was created by Tom Jago after many trials. The only thing better than a bottle of Bailey’s is a Magnum of Bailey’s!

ABV: 17%
Size: UK 1.5l // US750ml
Find here: UK £32.49 // US $26.99

Adriatico Amaretto Bianco

Lastly, we have an unusual alternative to a cream liqueur. It behaves like a cream liqueur but being made from crushed white almonds, it has a certain creaminess without having any dairy in it at all. With vanilla, cherries and sugared almond flavours, this is great for cocktails. If you have a dairy intolerance, or even if you don’t, this is delicious, and you won’t feel left out of the cream liqueur experience.

ABV: 16%
Size: 700ml
Find here: £28.74

Any of the above are rich and creamy and deserving of any festive celebration. If you’re looking for other Christmas suggestions and excitements why not have a look at The Best Tequila to Gift This Christmas or The Best Boxed Wine for Christmas?

Words by Colin Hampden-White