Update: Jägermeister Is Good, Actually, and You Can Use It to Make a Frozen Margarita.

Let's try this again. Still with Cynar.

Hello newsletter subscribers!

Earlier this evening, I mistakenly sent out a newsletter with a bunch of repeat recipes and several errors.

While I was working on the post, Substack’s backend repeatedly informed me that there were “conflicts” between versions. I thought I had resolved those conflicts, but apparently not, and the result was that I unintentionally sent out a very messy version of the newsletter.

Like home bartending, newsletter writing is always an adventure in error, and you try to learn something and not repeat your mistakes. (Instead, you make new ones.)

I obviously can’t pull the original version from your inboxes, but I’ve updated the post on the website: You can read the updated version here.

Sincere apologies for this foul-up.

I promise these weird Margarita versions are, in fact, quite delicious.

For simplicity’s sake, here are the correct versions of both recipes.

Jägerita

• ¾ ounce rich (2:1) simple syrup*

• 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice

• ¾ ounce Cointreau

• 2 ounces Jägermeister

• 200 grams of ice (typically 8 1.25 inch Tovolo ice cubes)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender. 

2. Blend until smooth, about 10-15 seconds. 

3. Pour contents into a rocks glass. Serve with a straw

*Rich (2:1) simple syrup: In a blender, combine two parts sugar and one part water by weight (so for example, 400 grams sugar, 200 grams water) then blend on high for 2-3 minutes until fully integrated. Bottle and store in the refrigerator. Keeps for at least a month.

Cynarita

• 4 drops 20 percent saline solution (combine 1 part salt to 4 parts water, by volume, heat until integrated, store in a dropper bottle)

• ¾ ounce rich (2:1) simple syrup*

• 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice

• ¾ ounce Cointreau

• 2 ounces Cynar

• 200 grams of ice (typically 8 1.25 inch Tovolo ice cubes)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend on high until smooth, about 10-15 seconds. 

3. Pour contents into a rocks glass. 

4. Garnish with a strip of grapefruit peel, twisted over the top of the drink. Serve with a straw.