Cocktails that pair with
Across 4 related dishes — most-paired first.
Classic & stirred
Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, brandied cherry. The quintessential brown-spirit cocktail.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Bourbon & American whiskey
Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, orange.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Highball & long drinks
Tequila, fresh grapefruit, lime, salt, soda. The taco-day default.
Citrus and salt cut chile heat and refresh between fatty tortilla bites.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Classic & stirred
Bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth. The whiskey Negroni — richer, less bitter.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Shaken sours
White rum, fresh lime, sugar. The simplest, brightest sour ever invented.
Citrus and salt cut chile heat and refresh between fatty tortilla bites.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Thai-spiced Pork Tenderloin With Orange Curry Sauce
Shaken sours
Tequila, fresh lime, triple sec. Salt rim optional but recommended.
Citrus and salt cut chile heat and refresh between fatty tortilla bites.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Thai-spiced Pork Tenderloin With Orange Curry Sauce
Vodka & gin
Vodka, ginger beer, lime. Cuts through richness.
Citrus and salt cut chile heat and refresh between fatty tortilla bites.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin And Avocado Salsa · Thai-spiced Pork Tenderloin With Orange Curry Sauce
Classic & stirred
Rye, absinthe rinse, sugar, Peychauds bitters. New Orleans dark and aromatic.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Shaken sours
Bourbon, fresh lemon, sugar, optional egg-white foam.
Caramel-sweet, lightly bitter, citrus-bright pours match pork's sweet fat and crisp skin.
Works with Spiced Pork Tenderloin · Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Maole Chipolte Sauce
Vodka & gin
Botanical, refreshing, endlessly flexible.
Hop bitterness, gentle malt sweetness, and herbal-acid pours all tame chili and round out curry richness.
Tropical & tiki
White rum, mint, lime, sugar, soda. Cuban summer in a glass.
Bright citrus and ginger balance Thai's chili-lime-sugar-fish-sauce four-way attack.
Vodka & gin
Bittersweet, herbal, the aperitivo standard.
Hop bitterness, gentle malt sweetness, and herbal-acid pours all tame chili and round out curry richness.
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