Tequila

Be sure to taste your jalapeños before you muddle them. They range far and wide on the heat scale.

The spicy and perfectly tart shrub (flavored drinking vinegar) gives this pitcher-friendly cocktail a refreshing quality.

For this Thanksgiving-in-a-glass cocktail, feel free to sub (thawed) frozen cranberries for fresh.

This recipe came to us courtesy of master mixologist Junior Merino, who's based in New York.

No sugar here—this margarita get its sweetness from agave syrup. Choose your favorite tequila blanco for the base.