Perfectly Pink Tequila: How to Enjoy It in Cocktails & Beyond

Thinking about the idea of living up the rosé all-day vibe but want something other than wine in your glass? Welcome, friends, to rosa tequila, the beautifully and perfectly pink tequila you'll want to drink whenever the opportunity arises. From simple cocktails to those a bit more indulgent, dip your toes into the world of pink tequila.

Rosa tequila gets its pink hue from the used red wine barrels the distillers use to age it. The process starts the same as silver or blanco tequila, but then the to-be tequila moves into uncharred used red wine barrels. But only long enough to pick up a little bit of color and some subtle floral notes from the wine barrels.

Pink tequila has more floral, fruity notes than you'd find in a regular tequila. Think of this as drinking the pink flowers you find blossoming everywhere in spring.

Dream, think, live pink! You know this is something Barbie serves up every Friday in her Barbie Dreamhouse.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pink tequila
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce grenadine
• ½ ounce orange liqueur
• ¼ ounce agave syrup
• 1 tiny pinch salt
• Ice
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, lime juice, grenadine, orange liqueur, agave syrup, and salt.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass or margarita glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Pink, refreshing, tequila? Can it really be done? It sure can. And it's not as boozy as most tequila drinks. Although feel free to go for a full two ounces if you'd like.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce pink tequila
• 3 ounces watermelon juice
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ¾ ounce orange liqueur
• ½ ounce elderflower liqueur
• ¾ ounce agave syrup
• Ice
• Watermelon wedge and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, watermelon juice, lime juice, orange liqueur, elderflower liqueur, and agave syrup.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a watermelon wedge and mint sprig.

A little coconut, some tropical flavors, and your pink tequila is all you'll need before you can sink back into a chair with this drink in hand.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounce pink tequila
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce falernum
• 3 ounces coconut water
• Ice
• Coconut club soda to top off
• Mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, lemon juice, falernum, and coconut water.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into the chilled glass.
4. Top off with coconut club soda.
5. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Layer in those fruity, tart flavors with your pink tequila for a highball that's as juicy as it is delicious.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pink tequila
• 2 ounces cherry juice
• 1 ounces cranberry juice
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce pineapple juice
• Ice
• Ginger ale to top off
• Lime wedge and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, cherry juice, cranberry juice, lime juice, and pineapple juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a highball over fresh ice.
4. Top off with club soda.
5. Garnish with a lime wedge and mint sprig.

Tequila? In a cosmo? We can only imagine what Carrie would have to say about this. But we're confident she'd be into it.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces pink tequila
• ¾ ounce cranberry juice
• ½ ounce orange liqueur
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ¼ ounce strawberry liqueur
• Ice
• Strawberry and thyme sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a martini glass or coupe.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add pink tequila, cranberry juice, orange liqueur, lime juice, and strawberry liqueur.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with a strawberry and thyme sprig.

Pretty pink palatable peppy paloma. Once you can no longer say that, probably switch to water.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pink tequila
• 2 ounces ruby red grapefruit juice
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Grapefruit soda to top off
• Grapefruit slice for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, pink tequila, grapefruit juice, and lime juice.
2. Top off with grapefruit soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a grapefruit slice.

This pink señorita goes from blushing to a bold rouge, not unlike your vibe after having one of these.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces pink tequila
• 3½ ounces pink lemonade
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• ¼ ounce strawberry shrub
• Ice
• Mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, pink lemonade, lemon juice, simple syrup, and strawberry shrub.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a mint sprig.

You know that post-yard-work pre-shower drink? This is exactly when you'll be stirring this up.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces pink tequila
• ¾ ounce Aperol
• 2 ounces sparkling cranberry juice
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, pink tequila, Aperol, and sparkling cranberry juice.
2. Top off with club soda.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Soften up the flavors of the usual tequila sunrise, but without losing any of the kick.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pink tequila
• 2½ ounces cranberry juice
• 1½ ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1½ ounces pineapple juice
• ¼ ounce grenadine
• 3-4 pineapple chunks
• Ice
• Lime wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add pineapple chunks then fill the glass with ice.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, pink tequila, cranberry juice orange juice, pineapple juice, and grenadine.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into the prepared highball glass.
5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

What goes better with soft wine flavors than the sweet flavors of an agave spirit and some fresh strawberries? No, we're asking because we can't think of anything. Because this is the best.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces pink tequila
• 2-3 fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ ounce lychee liqueur
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Lemon wheel and strawberry for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle strawberries with simple syrup.
2. Add ice, pink tequila, lemon juice, and lychee liqueur.
3. Shake well to chill and mix.
4. Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
5. Garnish with a lemon wheel and strawberry.

Pink tequila is one liquor you can easily enjoy on the rocks, but feel free to mix this beauty with any number of mixers to achieve just the flavor you're looking for.

• Lemonade
• Club soda, plain or flavored
• Lemon-lime soda
• Cranberry juice
• Cherry juice
• Coconut water
• Grenadine
• Pomegranate juice
• Orange juice
• Pineapple juice
• Ginger ale
• Simple syrup
• Cola
• Grapefruit juice
• Limeade

Take a walk on the wine, sorry, pink tequila side of life. Sweet, fruity, and floral without being cloying, pink tequila is absolutely what you'll be bringing to your next gathering. Your friends may need some convincing, but after that first sip, you know they'll be sold. Be the pink tequila change you wish to see in the world.