From Kickoff to Bad Bunny: Cocktails for This Year’s Super Bowl

With the name, The Clear Winner, PATRÓN Cristalino’s drink is perfect for the ocassion given that one of these teams will be victorious, but also the audience is the winners getting to get more of Bad Bunny after his historic Grammy and ongoing tour.

Recipe:

• Garnish: Lemon Twist
• 2 oz PATRÓN Cristalino
• 1 oz Martini & Rossi Bianco
• 0.75 oz Bitter Bianco Luxardo
• 0.15 oz Suze Aperitif
• Dash of Lime bitter (Scrappy’s bitter)

The name conveys high stakes, fitting for the Super Bowl, with it down to two teams, and may the best one win. Russell’s Reserve’s Black Manhattan Highball  to celebrate if your team wins big, but also comfort if it ends in an L this season.

Recipe:

• 1.5 parts Russell’s Reserve 6-Year Old Rye Whiskey
• 0.75 parts Averna
• Top w/ club soda
• Build ingredients over ice in a Collins glass, express, and garnish with a lemon twist.

Let’s be real, things get heated at these games, especially if the score isn’t going in your favor, and Gran Centenario’s Cucumber Cooler drink is the perfect way to stay refreshed and cool from whatever emotions you may be feeling.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Gran Centenario® Plata Tequila
• 1 oz Elderflower Liqueur
• 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 3 Cucumber Slices
• 3 Cilantro Sprig Tops
• Garnish: 1 Cucumber Ribbon, 1 Lemon Wheel, 1 Cilantro Sprig
• Muddle cucumber and cilantro in a cocktail shaker.
• Add all remaining ingredients and ice.
  Shake hard to further muddle and combine.
• Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice, and garnish with a skewered cucumber ribbon, a lemon wheel, and a cilantro sprig.

Not all Latinos like spicy things, but for those who do, the latest Absolut x Tabasco collaboration and its Spicy Lemonade are the perfect drinks for those who want a kick while watching Benito!

Recipe:

• Spicy, zesty, and ready to sip
• 1 Part Absolut Tabasco
• 4 Parts Lemonade
• 1 Lemon Wheel
• Chili Slice (Optional)
• Cajun Spice
• Rim a highball glass with cajun seasoning and fill with ice
• Add Absolut Tabasco
• Top it up with your favorite fresh lemonade and garnish with a lemon wheel

The Toki Highball from The House of Suntory is the perfect drink for this Sunday! Whisky lovers will get the spirit taste they enjoy with a refreshing twist.

 Recipe :

• 1 part Toki Suntory Whisky
• 3 parts premium soda water
• Grapefruit slice or lemon peel
• Fill a glass with ice and let it chill. Pour chilled whisky and stir, add chilled soda (3- 4 parts soda to 1 part whisky). Give a single stir from bottom to top with a bar spoon. Add a twist of grapefruit or lemon citrus.

Given Bad Bunny’s popular hit “Moscow Mule,” it’s only right to have a version of the classic drink. Don Julio’s 70 Cristalino gives you a twist you need for you to sing along to all of Benito’s hits.

Recipe:

• Give a gentle stir and garnish.
• 1.5 oz Don Julio 70th Tequila
• 0.5 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
• Top with Ginger Beer
• Mint Sprig
• Add all ingredients into a highball glass filled with ice.

You need something that quenches everyone’s thirst without you having to miss anything of Benito mixing drinks, BACARDÍ Gingerberry Punch will be the crowd pleaser. Giving off Caribbean flavors, all love from the popular rum. If you like to keep the celebration going, ahead of the Super Bowl weekend, BACARDÍ launched a limited-edition merch collection featuring a t-shirt, jacket, and hat designed for fans to wear proudly. Drawing from the brand’s deep roots and cultural connection to Puerto Rico, the collection channeled the island’s energy, creativity, and bold spirit into everyday style.

Recipe: 

• 1 oz BACARDÍ Superior rum
• 2 oz Ginger ale
• 2 oz Cranberry juice
• ¼ oz Lemon juice
• ¼ oz Lime Juice
• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• Combine all ingredients into a punch bowl. Pour over a block of ice. Serve over cubed ice in individual rocks glasses. Garnish with a lime wedge and a cranberry.

Yes, we know the song is “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR,” but Tequila CAZADORES made their own Bad Bunny-inspired game day cocktails, and this one is an ode to the popular hit that we hope will be on this year’s Halftime Show setlist.

Recipe:

• 1 1/2 oz Tequila CAZADORES Añejo
• 1 oz Perfect Puree Prickly Pear
• 1/2 oz agave nectar
• 2 wedges lemon
• Top with ginger beer
• Mint sprig
• Chipotle powder
• Dip your copper mug into lime juice and rim with Tajin.
• Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. 
• Shake and serve over ice.

How can you not have a piña colada during Benito Bowl, the drink made in Puerto Rico, and while it has its usual spirit! Buchanan’s Buchacolada is a twist to the classic but as refreshing, sweet, and creamy.

Recipe:

• 1.5 oz Buchanan’s Pineapple​
• 2 oz Pineapple juice
• ​1 oz Coconut cream
• 0.75 oz Fresh lime juice
• Angostura bitters float
• Lime wheel garnish
• Add Buchanan’s Pineapple, pineapple juice, coconut cream, and lime juice into a shaker with ice, and shake until cold.
• Chill Buchanan’s Pineapple and pour into a shot glass.
• Pour into a highball glass filled with crushed ice, and top with a float of Angostura bitters.
• Garnish with a lime wheel.
• Alternatively, blend it frozen.

Watching Bad Bunny means any mule-related cocktail has to be a part of the lineup. On The Rocks’ Cucumber and Lemongrass Mule is prepared with Effen Vodka, with notes of cucumber, lemongrass, and lime, having you ready para perrea. Best part ready to drink and no mixing needed.

It may be the Super Bowl, but National Margarita Day is in February 22nd, and you can celebrate both occasions with Cointreau’s Matcha Margarita. If you’re a matcha lover, this is for you, and it gives you the caffeine kick to keep up with commercials, the score, halftime, and more.

Recipe:

• 2 oz Blanco tequila
• 1 oz Cointreau
• 0.75 oz Fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp Matcha Green Tea Powder
• Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker
• Add ice and shake until well-chilled
• Strain into a chilled Old Fashioned Glass
• Garnish with a lime slice

If you want the traditional piña colada with rum, well, Malibu Pink has a recipe for you with guava, pineapple, and Malibu’s signature coconut flavor.

Recipe:

• 1 part Malibu Pink
• 2 parts Coconut Water.
• Pour into a glass with ice and enjoy!

Lunar New Year is almost upon us, and it being the Year of the Horse, we all remember Benito’s vaquero moment for ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.’ The XO 橘 (Jü) Old Fashioned drink brings good fortune and success, and we could never have enough of that.

Recipe:

• 1¾ oz Rémy Martin XO
• 1/3 oz mandarin liqueur
• 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
• 1 cube brown sugar
• Ice cube
• Fresh mandarin wedge or dried/candied peel for flair
• Muddle, ice, garnish, sip. Repeat as necessary for good fortune

As Latinos, we love spice, and we’re getting enough of it with the Latino players at this year’s Super Bowl, but also Bad Bunny’s halftime show. A little more won’t hurt, and Espolòn Reposado Spicy Margarita is the cocktail for the tequila and spicy lovers.

Recipe:

• 1 Part Espolòn Tequila Reposado
• 1 Part Ancho Reyes® Original Chile Liqueur
• 0.75 Part Fresh Lime Juice
• 0.5 Part Agave Nectar
• Shake with plenty of ice, then double strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with a sea salt or chile-lime salt rim and a lime peel or lime wedge.