Ranch Water Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide

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Glass:

Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Ingredients: [edit]

45 ml	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
22.5 ml	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
10 ml	De Kuyper Triple Sec (40%)
10 ml	Agave syrup (agave nectar)
4 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
75 ml	Thomas Henry Soda Water

ml × 1 1 serving Read about cocktail measures and measuring

Prepare:

1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge or lime slice wheel.

How to make:

3. POUR first 5 ingredients into glass and stir to combine.
4. ADD soda (or sparkling water).
5. FILL glass with ice.

Garnish:

6. Garnish with lime wedge or slice.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol Medium Boozy Sweet Medium Dry/sour More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Review:

This refreshing Rickey-style cocktail is best made as per the original recipe, with a slightly salty sparkling mineral water such as Topo Chico. My recipe assumes suitable mineral water is not available, so in an attempt to replicate Topo Chico, I have added a few drops of saline solution (or a pinch of sea salt) to soda water (club soda). In Texas, the following is a popular, heavier on the citrus recipe, but it requires a larger capacity Collins glass. Everything's bitter in Texas! 45ml (1½oz) Blanco tequila 30ml (1oz) Lime juice 15ml (½oz) Triple sec liqueur 15ml (½oz) Agave syrup 90ml (3oz) Sparkling mineral water

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AKA: Texas Ranch Water

History:

Kevin Williamson is widely credited with creating this cocktail which has become something a staple across the state of Texas. He says the drink has been on the menu of his Ranch 616 Restaurant in Austin, Texas, USA since they opened in 1998. The White Buffalo Bar at the Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas is also associated with this cocktail's origin and Williamson says that it was his team who introduced the cocktail to Gage Hotel.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ranch Water contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

• 1.2 standard drinks
• 10.65% alc./vol. (21.31° proof)
• 17.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Please log in to make a comment Jay Drury 13th February at 07:36 Very tasty and refreshing. It's like a fizzy margarita. Not a huge fan of plain margaritas, so I added 1/2 oz of passion fruit liqueur to spice it up. It was a little too sweet, so next time void the agave. Yum!! 0 reply ... Mark 25th January 2025 at 03:24 Surprisingly this was very nice, used Dry Curacao so the drink was far from being sweet, yet the orange was still present. 2 reply ... John Hinojos 14th June 2022 at 01:47 Living in Southern California this was just OK. Not one of my favorites. Found it a bit bland. Even tried a tequila Anejo float and it was a bit better, but not one of my favourites. 1 reply ... nicholas inston 24th April 2022 at 14:50 Fever-tree Mexican lime soda works well. Agree about the triple sec. Can leave out and still excellent. 2 reply ... John Smith 6th November 2021 at 03:58 A Texan says this is a winner on a hot day. You can cut back or even leave out the triple sec. 3 reply ... See discussion in the Forum

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