In the first annual competition of the Austin Convention & Visitor Bureau's "The Batini: The Official Drink of Austin Contest," the winner was the Four Seasons Austin Hotel’s version of the drink. The Batini is a pairing of the nightly flight of the Congress Avenue bats and Texas’ only distillery. One of the rules of the competition, the drink had to include Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
Ingredients:
- 5 oz. Tito’s Handmade Vodka mixed with ½ oz. of Chambord
- 4 oz. Tito’s Handmade Vodka mixed with ½ oz. of Blue Curacao
- 3 oz. of room temperature Sangria
- Sangria: orange juice, cranberry juice, apple juice, ½ cup red wine (Sangre do Toro preferred)
- garnish with a cherry cut into the shape of a “fang”
