Summer Drink Recipes by Matty Bussmann
Matty Bussmann aims to treat all his customers like family. Bussmann, bartender at Street Meet American Tavern, has been making drinks and making people smile for 30 years. Here are three of his favorites:
MacDaddy Matty Margarita
Matty’s musing: “The best margarita you ever had in your life” Bussmann said. “You got a little bit of that salty, sweet savoriness to it.”
Ingredients
1.5 oz good silver tequila (Lunazul recommended)
1 oz Grand Marnier orange liqueur
1 oz Disaronno Amaretto
3-4 oz. Margarita mix (Daily’s or Finest Call recommended)
.5 oz orange juice
Directions
Rim your glass with salt (sugar optional) .
Add ice to glass.
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
Garnish with a slice of lime, orange — or dragonfruit (specialty).
Street Meet Tea
Matty’s musing: “That drink seems to put a smile on people’s faces,” Bussman said. “It flies across the bar. The great thing about this is it tastes like a peach iced tea. On a warm summer day, who doesn’t want a nice glass of peach iced tea?”
Ingredients
.5 oz Deep Eddy Peach Vodka
.5 oz peach schnapps
.5 oz silver rum (Bacardi recommended)
.5 oz gin (Beefeater)
.5 oz tequila (Lunazul)
2.5 oz Margarita mix (Daily’s or Finest Call recommended)
1 oz. Coca Cola
Frozen peach slices
Sliced lemon
Directions
Add all alcohol ingredients into a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
Top with Coca Cola.
Garnish with slice of lemon and peach.
Summertime Sangria
Matty’s musing: “This is great if you are having a cook out,” Bussmann said. “You can make a big pitcher of this and set it on the table with a bunch of glasses. It’s like an adult punch at a party. That’s the hit of the party.”
Ingredients
1 oz orange vodka (Absolut Mandarin)
.5 oz peach schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
Pinot Grigio (Copper Ridge, Frontera)
lemon, lime, orange and dragonfruit (optional) wedges
Directions
Add vodka, schnapps and cranberry juice into a shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a goblet glass filled with ice.
Top glass with Pinot Grigio .
Add in fruit wedges and serve.
