A Tequila Cocktail Built for Boats and Blue Water

There’s a time for complicated cocktails. This isn’t it.

When you’re fishing in the middle of the Bahamas with salt crusting on the gunnels, waiting for whatever line goes off first, you want a cocktail that stays cold, stays clean, and doesn’t get in the way. No neon colors. No syrupy nonsense. No stains on teak.

That’s where The Abaco Tequila Cocktail comes in.

Clear. Sharp. Refreshing. Built around good blanco tequila and just enough acidity to cut the heat. It’s the kind of drink you can sip between drifts, pour again at sunset, and still wake up early enough to take on the next day. This is a fisherman’s cocktail. Not a pool drink.

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The Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Blanco Tequila (La Caza Tequila preferred. Shop La Caza here.)

  • ¾ oz Fresh lime juice

  • ½ oz Agave nectar (light)

  • 2 dashes Sea Salt

  • Optional splash of soda water or Topo Chico

How to Make It

  1. Add tequila, lime juice, agave, and Sea Salt to a shaker with ice

  2. Shake hard 

  3. Strain into a chilled cup over fresh ice

  4. Optional splash of soda if you’re settling in for a long day

Garnish

  • Thin lime wheel 

  • Optional: lightly salt the rim, just enough to remind you where you are

Boat Batch (Highly Recommended)

If you’re fishing all day, batch it once and be done with it.

For 1 quart:

  • 16 oz blanco tequila

  • 6 oz fresh lime juice

  • 4 oz agave nectar

  • ½ tsp sea salt dissolved in warm water

Mix it dockside. Keep it iced. Shake before pouring.

One More Cast...

The best drinks don’t try to impress you. They just do their job.

The Abaco Tequila Cocktail is cold, clean, and honest. One more round before lines out.

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