Enamorada sunrise – substitute Campari for grenadine syrup.Red Sea sunrise – non-alcoholic version that uses lemonade or Sprite instead of tequila.Panama sunrise – use pineapple juice instead of orange juice.Florida sunrise – use equal measures of pineapple and orange juice.Amaretto sunrise – use Disaronno amaretto instead of tequila.Astronaut sunrise – use Tang instead of orange juice.Southern sunrise – use Southern Comfort instead of tequila.Vodka (or Russian) sunrise – use vodka instead of tequila.Caribbean sunrise – use rum instead of tequila.Tequila sunset – substitute blackberry brandy, or dark rum, for grenadine.Aperol sunrise – substitute Aperol orange liqueur for grenadine.A spoon may be used to guide the syrup down the glass wall to the bottom of the glass with minimal mixing. The signature look of the drink depends on adding the syrup without mixing with the other ingredients. The drink is mixed by pouring in Tequila, ice, then the juice and, lastly, syrup. The International Bartender Association has designated this cocktail as an IBA Official Cocktail. The tequila sunrise is considered a long drink and is usually served in a collins or highball glass. In 1988, a successful film titled Tequila Sunrise was released, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell, and directed by Robert Towne. Later that same year, the Eagles recorded a song called ' Tequila Sunrise' for their Desperado album as the drink was soaring in popularity. Īt the time, the Trident was the largest outlet for tequila in the United States, and in 1973 Jose Cuervo picked up on the new drink as a marketing opportunity and put the recipe for the new drink on the back of their bottles of tequila, and promoted it in other ways. They later ordered them all across America, even dubbing the tour itself their 'cocaine and tequila sunrise tour'. In 1972, at a private party at the Trident organized by Bill Graham to kick off the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour in America, Mick Jagger had one of the cocktails, liked it, and he and his entourage started drinking them. The more popular modern version of the cocktail contains tequila, orange juice, and grenadine, and was created by Bobby Lozoff and Billy Rice in the early 1970s while working as young bartenders at the Trident in Sausalito, California north of San Francisco. The original tequila sunrise contained tequila, creme de cassis, lime juice, and soda water, and was served at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel where it was created by Gene Sulit in the 1930s or 1940s.

Tequila sunrise