Survey Shows New Jersey’s Favorite Way to Celebrate Margarita Day
Two bottles of Jose Cuervo tequila sitting on a bar.
It comes around every year on February 22nd. Today is National Margarita Day! This is the day when everyone throughout the country celebrates one of the most popular and festive cocktails.
If you love a tasty, mouthwatering Margarita then you’re like many of us in New Jersey. Be ready to enjoy one, without having to be “searching for your lost shaker of salt.”
New Jersey Margarita Day
New Jersey Margarita drinkers have a preference when it comes to one of our favorite drinks. According to a survey by FashionNova.com, every state takes its tequila differently. However, New Jersey drinkers, like the vast majority of Americans (32 other states) prefer it in a drink rather than a shot.
Tequila Preferences
They surveyed three thousand tequila drinkers in the country and learned that most like Patron in a cocktail rather than a shot. The remainder of states say that Jose Cuervo is their go-to tequila on National Margarita Day. 38 of all states “prefer to sip their tequila in a cocktail.”
Unfortunately, or maybe not, I’m quite the opposite. If I’m drinking tequila, it has got to be Jose Cuervo out of a shot glass. I also like it with some salt and a lime slice, which is exactly what forty-four percent of Americans prefer.
Where is Jersey Drinking
According to another report, New Jersey folks like their Margaritas at a bar. They are our favorite cocktail, but “Our favorite bar drink type overall is beer.”
Check out this National Margarita Day recipe:
Main alcohol: Tequila
Ingredients: 1 oz Cointreau, 1 oz Lime juice, 2 oz Tequila
Preparation: Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: Lime slice, Salt on the rim
Drinkware: Margarita glass
IBA specified ingredients:50 ml tequila 100% agave; 20 ml triple sec; 15 ml freshly squeezed lime juice
Ranking The 4 Best Hard Seltzers
Since Memorial Day I have been fortunate enough to attend a wedding, beachside barbeques, and neighborhood get-togethers. Though food options varied, I did notice hard seltzers were a common beverage. There were multiple brands, so I decided to rank the ones that I tried.
Bon & Viv Spiked Seltzer can be credited as the first official can to hit the shelves in 2013. Or you can go back to Zima as being a pioneer in this carbonated alcohol space. Nowadays, it seems like every brand has their own variation of spiked seltzer. With limited creativity in terms of flavor options (most people would prefer a simple pineapple flavor to a green apple, cherry, celery mashup any time), now certain beverage companies are swapping out the vodka mix for tequila. Furthermore, funny commercials and vibrant cans allow different marketing angles on seemingly similar drinks.
Speaking of marketing, a thinner can is often associated with containing a lower-calorie drink. A CNN op-ed speculates that most hard seltzers are displayed in these taller, skinny cans to distinguish themselves in a crowded liquor store.
My Methodology
In creating this ranking of the best hard seltzers, there were certain criteria that I considered to be most important. Taste is a broad category. It was imperative here that the drink was smooth, did not contain a syrupy aftertaste and actually tasked like the flavor it suggests. Then, I looked at the overall “nutrition” facts. Finally, I’d ask myself a question: “Would I drink another one, or would I buy a case of this repeatedly?”
It’s important to note that I disqualified top beer brands. While I applaud their efforts for the attempt at entering the hip space, I have yet to find one where their best product was not actually their beer. Lastly, I am not a big fruit juice person. Nor do I typically like citrus mixed with alcohol. In this case, however, there are four hard seltzers where I find the fruit flavor enjoyable. My top choice here is now a brand that I do keep stocked in my cooler.
Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.
