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Broncos Sunset

Written by
Bryan Dayton
Published 11/23/16

For football season, we had a bartender from each NFL team's hometown provide the perfect cocktail to represent their team.

“Denver is known for these amazing orange-hued sunsets, so I wanted to incorporate that into this cocktail, says Bryan Dayton, the beverage director and co-owner of Denver’s Acorn and Brider and Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth. “Obviously, the orange and blue is also a nod to the Broncos jersey. In terms of the ingredients, I wanted to stick to local Colorado, so I used Suerte tequila, which is based here in Boulder. We also love spicy food here, so I added the Ancho Reyes for some heat.”

Ingredients

  • 1/2 oz Blue curaçao
  • 1 oz Suerte silver tequila
  • 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes chile liqueur
  • 1/4 oz Campari
  • 1/4 oz Aperol
  • 3/4 oz Orange juice
  • 1/4 oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 13/100 oz Simple syrup
  • Garnish: Blood orange slice

Steps

  1. Add the blue curaçao to the bottom of a rocks glass, and top with crushed ice.

  2. Add all of the other ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake.

  3. Slowly pour into the glass over crushed ice, and garnish with a blood orange slice.