DrinkWire is Liquor.com's showcase for the best articles, recipe and reviews from the web's top writers and bloggers. In this post, Heartbeat Nosh offers opinions on an infused tequila, with a cocktail recipe.

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Infusing spirits is a great way to add flavor — people do this at home with a base spirit, and you can also find a huge variety of infused spirits in the liquor store. However, you may have a hard time finding infused tequila. Up until now, there hasn’t really been an option for infused tequila.

Soltado offers the only infused añejo tequila on the market. When Soltado said they wanted to send me a bottle and have me create a cocktail — I was super interested to see what kind of flavor profile Soltado offered! I popped the bottle opened as soon as I got it and took a sniff — woah! Already, the flavors that I could smell were inciting.

Soltado is infused with serrano peppers that are locally grown near the distillery in Mexico, as well as cinnamon. This creates an incredibly intense and flavorful anejo that truly adds complexity to cocktails.

After tasting Soltado, I took a few days to think about what kind of cocktail I wanted to create. The tequila itself is spicy and intense, so I wanted to highlight that flavor, while also making sure the cocktail was balanced and not overwhelming. And I have to say, this might be one of my favorite home-bar cocktails that I have ever created! The flavor was incredible — perfect for summer and easy to sip — but without losing any of that complexity that Soltado provides!

Heartbeat Nosh’s Serrano Sling, featuring Solatdo infused tequila!

Serrano Sling

1.5. oz Soltado Tequila
1.5 oz VIDA Anejo Tequlia
1.0 oz Cynar
2.0 oz pineapple coconut water
.5 oz pineapple simple syrup
(simple syrup: combine equal parts sugar and water,
pineapple chunks, cook until sugar & water combine and refrigerate)
1.0 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes lime bitters

Add all ingredients into a shaker over ice and shake vigorously.

Pour into a rocks glass over ice and garnish with a
thin slice of jalapeno pepper, pineapple, and lime.

Enjoy!

The Soltado really shines in this cocktail, but is also balanced out with the use of VIDA anejo and the Cynar. Cynar is an Italian bitters and really cuts through the heat of the Soltado. The pineapple simple syrup and coconut water add a hint of sweetness, without taking over the flavor of the Serrano peppers.

This cocktail really brings together spicy and sweet in a great way and there is so much flavor, you really get a burst of hot and sweet all at once. I truly loved it!