Casamigos founders George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman toasted the Hamptons Hollywood set by sending bottles of their award-winning Casamigos tequila packaged with a secret cocktail recipe & personal note to a few of their close friends, TV hosts and entertainment and fashion industry executives on the East End. The three tequila titans are summering around the globe at the moment: Clooney is in Lake Como in pre-wedding prep mode with his fiancé, Amal Alamuddin, Gerber is on vacation with his wife Cindy Crawford and their kids at their family lake house in Canada, and Meldman is at Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club in Idaho.

 

 

 

Casamigos Tequila founders Mike Meldman, George Clooney and Rande Gerber
Photo credit: Seth Browarnik / worldredeye.com

 

 

 

The guys coordinated drop-offs throughout the Hamptons earlier this month to Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Matt Lauer, Andy Cohen and Ralph and Ricky Lauren. Casamigos has become the most popular tequila brand available throughout the Hamptons and can be found behind the bar and on cocktail menus at all the top restaurants including; The Surf Lodge, Gurney’s, Crow’s Nest in Montauk, Sunset Beach on Shelter Island, Robert’s, and Harlow East in Sag Harbor to name a few.

 

 

 

KDH always serves a signature Casamigos cocktail at all of my events.

 

 

 

Since launching in the United States in January 2013, Casamigos has garnered a variety of accolades from the spirit industry’s most well respected authority figures. Awards and ratings include winning the Gold Medal at the 2014 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, the coveted five (5) star rating from BevX magazine, an “A” rating from Good Spirit News and “Excellent” rating for Casamigos Blanco and Reposado at the 2014 Ultimate Spirits Challenge, voted best Tequila in the world by Men’s Journal Magazine and most recently Casamigos Blanco and Reposado won Double Gold at the 2014 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casamigos Tequila founders George Clooney and Rande Gerber prefer to enjoy Casamigos straight, without the salt and a lime – but when they entertain, these are the signature cocktails they make, try them out at your upcoming Labor Day parties. Maybe you’re on George’s list to receive one of his gift bags below….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MI CASA

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1 oz. Fresh lime juice

¼ oz. Fresh orange juice

½ oz. Agave nectar

Method: Shake ingredients with ice then strain and serve on the rocks.

Garnish: Orange wedge

 

 

 

CASAMIGOS MARGARITA

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1/3 oz. Cointreau

3/4 oz. Fresh lime juice

1/3 oz. Agave nectar

1/4 oz. Fresh Orange Juice

Method: Combine all ingredients to iced mixing glass. Shake vigorously for 10 count. Pour all contents into a rocks glass w/wo salted rim.

Garnish: Lime wedge

 

 

 

SU CASA

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Reposado Tequila

3/4 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice

1/3 oz. Fresh lime juice

1/4 oz. Agave nectar

Splash with Grapefruit Soda (Suggested San Pellegrino Grapefruit Soda)

Method: Shake in a shaker and pour over ice.

 

 

 

LA PALOMA

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1/2 oz. St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

1/2 oz. Fresh lime juice

3/4 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice

Soda Water

Method: Build in ice filled Collins glass and top with soda water.

Garnish: Basil leaf

 

 

 

CASA BLANCO

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1 oz. Fresh squeezed lime juice

1/2 oz. Agave nectar

4 Basil leaves

4 oz. Grapefruit soda

Method: Shake ingredients with ice then strain and serve in a Collins glass.

Garnish: Fresh basil and fresh-cracked pink pepper

 

 

 

THE THREE AMIGOS

1 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1 oz. Aperol

1 oz. Fresh pink grapefruit juice

Method: Shake ingredients with ice then strain and serve on the rocks or straight up.

Garnish: Pink grapefruit wedge

 

 

 

 

DANNY OCEAN

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Reposado Tequila

3/4 oz. Fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz. Agave nectar

1/4 oz. Luxardo

3/4 oz. Fresh pink grapefruit juice

Method: Shake ingredients with ice and serve on the rocks.

 

 

 

SPICY CUCUMBER JALAPEÑO MARGARITA

1 ½ oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila

1/3 oz. Cointreau

1/3 oz. Simple syrup

3/4 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

3 Cucumber wheels

1 Jalapeño slice

Method: Muddle cucumber, jalapeno, lime juice, and simple. Combine all ingredients to iced mixing glass. Shake vigorously for 10 count. Fine strain all contents into a rocks glass w/wo salted rim.

Garnish: Cucumber and Jalapeño slice