MARGARITA RECIPE | Triple Sec vs Cointreau vs Grand Marnier vs Curaçao | Rob's Home Bar
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- Margarita Recipe for National Margarita Day! Today we're comparing Orange Liqueurs: Triple Sec vs Cointreau vs Grand Marnier vs Curaçao. What is the Best Orange Liqueur for Margarita?
We'll make a Cointreau Margarita, a Grand Marnier Margarita, a Triple Sec Margarita and a Curaçao Margarita! Which makes the best orange liqueur cocktails for margarita. Which one makes the best Margarita recipe!
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How to make a Margarita Cocktail
2 oz Reposado Tequila
1 oz Lime Juice
1 oz Orange Liqueur of choice
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Watch PART 2 of Orange Liqueur Comparison: MAI TAI COMPARISON!! th-cam.com/video/nJdy1pgZbxw/w-d-xo.html
Margarita and it’s a blizzard outside. I like this guy.
That’s Canada for ya! 🤣
Great video, Rob! I’m loving these comparisons. I tend to grab the Peirre Ferrand Dry Curaçao most often, but I love them all. I also prefer salt on only half the glass 👍
I have been watching Anders videos and heard him mention your channel. I enjoyed this comparison, but I will say that using Grand Marnier makes a great Grand Marnier cocktail with Tequila. I prefer Cointreau or a really good Triple Sec (not the $7 version) to make a Tequila cocktail. The GM version is good, but I find the GM overwhelms the Don Julio, which is my favorite sipping Tequila as well.
That was great Rob. It's really great showing how your palate can react differently to certain spirit based on how it is used. I'm also glad to see you prefer a 2-1-1 ratio too.
These compare videos are fun to make.. expensive thoigh 😂
I really like watching comparisons. You can always learn a lot!
Thanks Lele!
Great video ! Watched n will watch one more tym.. so much to learn..🙂
Thank you. I certainly like the idea of having 4 margaritas!
Thank you 🎉!!!
Great comparison. Good info for deciding what liqueurs to get.
It’s always fun to switch things around
For a crisp drink, go for blanco tequila, Cointreau, and simple syrup as needed. For a smooth drink, anejo, Grand Marnier, and agave. Choose the style based on the food. Bright with tomatillo and smooth with tomatoes.
Cheers!
¡Salud!
down vote for the simple syrup
This helps! Thanks
Big Thumbs up on the one with Grand Marnier . very tasty
GM is incredible!
Love a good margarita looks delicious 😋
Cheers!
Great video! This series is really opening my eyes to new brands and liquors. Appreciate it!
I like the lime wheel over the wedge. Definitely going to start doing that. Cheers!
Depends on the drink, a rum and Coke for instance I like the lime wedge becAuse I like squeezing more lime juice
This video made me, to that all them are useful for Margarita!! But different teats! Thanks boss. Am mixology
Good point. Riposade has a rounder taste and doesn't require as much sweeteners. Ideally, the liquours should provide the sweeteners.
I know we had already talked about this prior to this video but I was still shocked by the results of that Triple Sec! I love these videos they are very enjoyable for people who don't know what liqueurs are best.
Thanks! Yea the triple sec was interesting results
Great video Rob. I'm going to try it out and see what results I get. Cheers/Salud.
Cheers!
Great comparison! I've always been a Cointreau fan but I'll have to try the others for myself.
Cointreau is great but grand Marnier margarita has soooo much flavor!
Great video, I'm going to expand my horizons based on this.
That’s awesome! Thanks for the feedback!
Great vid, Rob. I will watch the whole thing later when I can pay attention & leave another comment.
Man, congrats on your sub count shooting up!
Thanks Ray!
thank you for sharing
Cheers!
Rob, tremendous job on this. I have not had the pleasure to A/B a lot of these, so it's great to kind of do this vicariously through someone else for now! :)
Thanks Jeff!!
Except you totally forgot to mention mandarin napoleon.
That’s why you should use agave syrup. The Pierre Ferrand with the agave added is really good!😊
I do prefer my margs on the drier side but yes with PF or Cointreau, a little syrup would help! Cheers!
I use 43 for the orange essence, and maybe some orange bitters. Sometimes I'll go with some other bitters I have: Japanese chili and lime, margarita bitters, smoked chili. They're all great! Have you had Ghost Tequila? Very smooth blanco infused with ghost peppers. Sip on its own, and makes a great Margarita! Cheers from Indiana!
I use Patron citronge, works great.
Thanks for this . my have some Rita's later today
Cheers!
It was great to see you use a tequila that I had just bought try
Hornitos Reposado and Espolon Reposado are my goto tequilas! Fairly inexpensive and great quality!
love both triple sec and curacao
Dude you must be a fun and great host !
Patron Citronge became my go to trip sec over the years, but I prefer a silver tequila. I also like to add a pinch of salt in the shaker, and of course only fresh lime juice. Great lineup and comparisons.
I haven’t tried Patron Citronge … I don’t think it’s available where I am … but I def will keep an eye out for it… sounds great for a margarita!
Yesssssss! Grand Marnier by a nose! I love that stuff. If I don't know how to make a margarita by now, I need to sit my behind down!!!!
It’s amazing!
Drinking one as I watching this video! Plus its Friday! Happy Friday for everyone and God bless 🇺🇦
Cheers!
I could down all 4 of those rn they look so good! Awesome video love the comparison! Cheers 🥂
they were ALL delicious! 🥃🥃🥃🥃
@@RobsHomeBar i bet!!
Awesome
Thanks :)
Hello Rob, thanks for the break down of these liquors. I like Patron Citronge Orange with my margaritas at home. Only because I use Patron tequila as well. Cheers and thanks for sharing.
I’ve seen Citronage but never tried it!
@@RobsHomeBar it's pretty damn good. Well I like it with my Silver. :)
You forgot about mandarin napoleon liqueur.
For me, an easy #1 would be adding 3/4 to 1 oz of Agave nectar to the Cointreau mix. I also want a lime wedge to squeeze into it, so I guess I prefer 1.5 oz of lime juice instead, but I usually splash a little more Tequila also.
Great video
Thanks! Cheers!
Great video, Rob! I was gong to do the same orange liqueur comparison for my Baritone Bartender channel, then found yours! I'm now reconsidering my addition of agave...hmmm. I guess I like it slightly sweeter. Anyhow, I subscribed and I'm looking forward to your next video! Cheers! Rod
thank you! I've made 3 of these orange liqueur comparison videos (mai tai and side car as well)... it's a lot of fun! I will check out your channel as well! Cheers!
I've tried all of these (and many others) with and without agave, and my favorite is Cointreau with agave. Cointreau is not as good without agave. Many are very good, it comes down to personal preference, there is not an objective best.
Break it all down for us Rob! I really like the segment. Super cool to hear all the differences and your perspective of booze. Surprised with the triple Sec rating low on tasting and then working so well in the Margarita
Yea i was suprised by that too.. I thought the curaçao would rank higher.. I love the taste of it
Except for you, you forgot to mention mandarin napoleon
Great comparison Rob! Now I feel like doing a Margarita/Orange Liqueur tasting myself haha!
Do it! It’s surprising how much it changes things even though it’s not the primary ingredient!
@@RobsHomeBar I bet. I only have Combier and Ferrand Dry at home, but I will start experimenting more with it.
I tried 2 oz Patron, 1/2 oz. Curaçao, 1oz lime and 1/4 oz. agave syrup. It tasted damn near perfect to me. The ratios were inspired by the “original” Mai Tai recipe.
WOW, an American that actually says Liqueurs and NOT liquors. There is a difference. Even in the USA liquor is a strong spirit, whereas a liqueur is a sweet, low alcoholic drink. So many cocktail mixers use liquor EVERY time. by the way, I LOVE your how you make series. Brilliant!
Nice..stay connected
I couldn't afford Cointreau or Marnier at the time so, I got Gran Gala the Italian version made with Brandy. It made a good Margarita 😊🍸 and taste good by itself.
Never tried it but I’d heard good things about Gran Gala
Patron Citronage! In the fun summer of creating our own margarita my search for the perfect orange liquor ended when it was suggested by a friend of mine from Mexico. However, I have not tried the Pierre Fernand. I will give it a go!
Haven’t tried that one yet! Hard to get here! The Pierre Ferrand is excellent!
Great video. Agree that reposado is better than blanco for margaritas. Personal preference, I guess, as most places use blanco instead. I actually dislike the brandy/cognac based liqueurs because they do not jive with the citrus notes of a margarita. Again, personal preference. I suppose that will save me money too. Thanks for posting!
Thanks! I just filmed my part 3 of this video: compared the Sidecar with these four orange liqueurs… it’s fun to experiment with ingredients ;) cheers!
I've made my own type of orange liquor. Orange zest in vodka. Tasty
nice! I've made a blue curacao liqueur.. but i made it green :P ...next i wanna make a brandy based orange liqueur
I'm sure that will be great @@RobsHomeBar
Wow!!! Great video!! Now who drank all of those drinks when you were done filming???🤔😄
Thanks! I drank them all 🤪 …I removed the ice and left them in the fridge so I could space them out throughout the day
I think it depends on the drink and nice to have a choice. I found the Pierre Ferrand the best choice for Mai Tai's, Cointreau for different drinks or regular sidecars, and triple sec when it doesn't matter.
Patron even makes an orange curacao called Citronage that works good in margaritas and I used in a few videos.
I do like curaçao in Mai Tais
Hello! in Greece, if you ask for a margarita with grand Marnier, it's called a Cadillac Margarita. although 85 per cent of bars, use Marrie Brizzard triple sec. :P
Oh interesting, I’ve never heard of that term! Sounds about right though as Grand Marnier is the Cadillac of orange liqueurs!
@@RobsHomeBar indeed!
I bet if you blind tasted...your results would have changed as well.
To be fair....the Grand Marnier is actually adding Cognac along with the orange liquer...which itself is another ingredient modifier. PF is infact closer to Cointreau than Grand. Your pallet probably needs that 4th and maybe 5th ingredient (more sugar) to be considered "good". Each person will be slightly different.
I really like the Pierre Ferrand Curacao. However it is a dryer orange liqueur and that reduces the sweetness. Then its Grand Marnier for me.
Grand Marnier is the best !!
Cointreau is my favourite as I also love Blue Moon cocktails.
So it kills both cocktails with one ingredient .
Great comparison and review; Really enjoyed the video. Do you wear socks? What happened? Cheers Rob!
The floors were cold that day! Haha
Try my favorite version some time?
2oz Hornitos Plata
1oz Cointreau
1oz lime juice
1/2oz creme de violette
With Violette in you cabinet, you can add an interesting twist to many classics. And I love an Aviation and Water Lily.
Ooh that does sound good! I have Creme de violette and basically only use it to make Aviation’s 🤪 ..will def try this one! Cheers!
@@RobsHomeBar try adding an egg white to that Aviation too, dry then wet shake. Or change it to a Water Lily by using Cointreau as the sweet fruit element in place of the Maraschino.
I vote for Grand Marnier. A very richly flavored mixture.
Absolutely! A Reposado tequila and grand Marnier makes the best margarita!
@@RobsHomeBar My favorite cocktail is the Grand Marnier Sidecar.
I prefer silver tequilas for margaritas. The camel coloring added to the dark tequilas for the purposes of adding color, adds a mildly bitter taste, which I feel is an unnecessary additional flavor. I feel the darker tequilas are best for sipping or shots. I also always add agave for sweetness. Since both tequila and agave sweeteners are made from agave, they pair much better than sugar based sweeteners. Of course, what tastes better is completely subjective and can obviously differ from person to person. When we lived in Houston, we absolutely loved DeKuyper O3 Premium Orange Liqueur. Unfortunately, I haven’t been to find it in the Los Angeles area. Loved your video!!!
Cheers! Thanks for watching :)
Interesting and great video, I personally enjoy using Cointreau. But at 4:12 you said you need sweetener when using a cheap tequila but that's exactly what Hornitos is no?
Yea Hornitos is cheap… but for mixing, the Reposado isn’t awful, it has abit more complexity than the Blanco
YES.... Shakey Shakey!!!!!!!! BOOOOOM
4x shakey!
How to make a margarita cocktail step by step?
Excellent work
But do take a look at How To Drinks Margarita matrix, he really shows how each of the orange liquors reacts very differently with different tequilas
Thank you! I have seen that video from Greg! It was great! I can only imagine the time it took to setup that many margaritas 🤣🤦♂️ …although he does have a crew! Haha
You really need testers! i volunteer!
😝😝
I’ve always wanted to know - do you use a Go Pro for your camera view? When you take the tastings, that’s what made me think of it.
Yup! GoPro with a head mount!
@@RobsHomeBar that’s awesome
How about best of both worlds? Cadillac Margarita!! use the Cointreau and after mixing your cocktail, add that shot of Grand Marnier. THE BEST!
That sounds great! Cheers!
Funny, Pierre Ferrand is my fav orange liquer, but I always use cointreau in a marg, it just mixes with tequila better for me
Grand Marnier all the way! 😂 I’m not picky thoigh
Not including Controy? I've had a LOT of margaritas in Baja. They were all made either with a cheap mix, or with Controy.
Not a product I can get locally!
Grand Marnier is my favorite too. That's a good tequila too.. I like reposado, soda, lime 😋
Y'all impress me with your shake, I have to use a cheater on camera so I don't spill, drop, or struggle to open. 😆 I suck it up and don't use it any other time.
I really like this video and I watched it all.
Thank you! Yea I had fun with shake haha
A more accurate tasting would be to use a clean jigger when testing the orange liqueurs.
Total Wine has a great orange cognac liquor for only 26.
I would looooove to visit a Total Wine! I live in Ontario Canada.. our liquor selection is very limited :(
@@RobsHomeBar oh yeah that does suck. Total Wine here in the US is like Walmart for alcohol.
With all that snow, I'll be drinking all four of them regardless.LOL
Hahah yea I shot this in February.. it was pretty cold in Canada! 🥶
One thing I've learned is that which orange liqueur works best depends on which tequila it's mixed with. It makes a big difference. I don't know Hornitos well but I don't believe it's additive free and I always start there.
Yea hornitos isn’t the best… but selection lacks here in Canada.. I try to stick to Espolon for mixing now as much as possible
@@RobsHomeBar espalone is good but I think it tastes a bit like vodka. For reasonable price I’m partial to Arette and Tapatio.
Grand Gala is a cheaper version
of Grand Manier
Ah.. yea we definitely don’t have that here
Just missed 1. Would have been fun to include blue curacao. Does blue make a difference? Love the Grand Marnier in most anything!
LOL.. blue is just a gimmick :P
@@RobsHomeBar It worked for teh Smurfs...
I concur with Stephanie, I love it in anything.
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I wonder how sweet your limes were. That might change your results of which tastes best after mixing.
True, they can vary but I made all 4 margs with the same squeeze bottle so it should have varied for the experiment
@@RobsHomeBar should have not varied.... true. Even if the same for all, it might be too sweet/not sweet enough after the sugar of the triple sec does its job. A minor point, but we are very serious and proper here, deservedly so. :)
I usually go white spirit with white liqueur and dark spirit with dark liquor. For sure, Grand Marnier is a winner and triple sec, not my game.
My favorite for sure is reposado and grand marnier.. i will to try it with Anejo
@@RobsHomeBar for sure both works amazing with Grand Marnier
Hard to relate when the majority of us stick with the common recipe that has simple syrup
Nice vid, GM is great...but giving two spots to the orange liquors that added the most sugar seems questionable. Sugar deficit should be made up with something like Agave syrup, not liquor.
True agave would be a better sweetener but the experiment was comparing the 4 orange liqueurs without added sweetener 😜
How does gran gala compare to what you have here?
I’ve actually never had Gran Gala (not available in my area) but it seems like it’s made with brandy so it could be similar to the grand Marnier or curaçao however it also appears to be sweeter
I bought it to try, i ended up giving it away. It tasted so fake.
I currently have citronage, controy, agavero, ferrand, grand marnier.
#1 again 😎
hahaha, tryna become Tim
@@RobsHomeBar I don't think I'll ever beat him. But everytime I see a notification and happen to have time to check it out I'll try to be #1 haha
GABE!!!!!!
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Grand m. Makes everything better
This is very true!
how about 1/2 grand marnier and 1/2 triple sec?
That would be nice!!
I don't think they sell #2 (triple sec) in my area. I've never seen it.
That brand is fairly regional to me.. but cheap triple secs are pretty common
@@RobsHomeBar how much is that one? It look like a premium triple sec to me.
@@MoDavI-sl7iy oh not at all, McGuiness brand here in Ontario Canada makes cheap liqueurs. This triple sec is only about $20 CAD… compared to the Cointreau which is a premium triple sec and costs about $50
Grand Marnier gets poo poo’ed by so many cocktail nerds but part of the reason it got so popular is because ITS DELICIOUS
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Delicious!!
Good review, there is no need to spend 40 dollars on a bottle of orange liqueur to make a margarita taste good just buy the cheap triple sec and if you want to make it more orangy squeeze an orange
Not shown: aftermath of drinking 8 shots of tequila in an hour
Hahaha! It was a fun afternoon 🤣🤣
Have you ever tried GranGala?
No! I’m heard of it but it isn’t available in my area :(
@@RobsHomeBar.. oh, okay.
@@RobsHomeBar it's a cheaper version of Grand manier. Made with Brandy.
Great video. Gives people 4 ideas for their margarita. I personally love the grand marnier one. My personal perfect margarita is:
* 2 ounce Casamigos Reposado Tequila
* 1 ounce Grand Marnier
* 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
* 1/4 ounce or 1/2 ounce Blue Agave Syrup
Thanks! I don’t do the agave but I definitely see the appeal! Cheers!
Now that you've picked your choice of GM, try it with a better tequila!
No sweetener in margaritas, here here!
With a rich orange liqueur and a quality tequila, you definitely don’t need a sweetener!
can i borow sixdy bucks.
😂 that should get you a bottle of Grand Marnier
Cointreau >>>
This just shows everyone has different taste buds and feelings on tequila flavor... rating a margarita with triple sec above one with Cointreau? never heard that one before 😒😬
Definitely! I was surprised myself! found the Cointreau too dry despite having superior orange flavor… grand Marnier reigns supreme though :)
@@RobsHomeBar That's because the Cointreau needs agave in this drink.
@@RealGaryGR that’s true.. Cointreau could def use a bit of agave syrup. The brandy based liqueurs have enough complexity to stand on their own
Orange liquor ruins the drink, use some orange juice instead
This video is flawed. No Combier, which is the original.
I’m from Canada… not a great variety, I work with what I have!
@@RobsHomeBar I’m in the US and I’m able to get is easily. Should be even easier to get in Canada with the French influence and all 🤷🏻♂️
@@thecaffeinefiend you would think but it’s basically just Cointreau and Grand Marnier
Triple sec = "sure" if nothing else available
Cointreau = all around 5/5 essential liqueur in ANYone's home(bar). This is the shit.
Grand Marnier = for big dick players. More expensive and "rarer" in cocktail use, but totes worth it.
Dry Curacao = AFAIK the rarest of the bunch. Rarely to be seen in bars.
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Appreciate the effort but questionable ratings and qualifications of tastes. The fact that not one name is properly spoken adds insult to the mix.
Grand Marnier is vile imo.