Playa Camino is Doc’s riff on a paloma. The Paloma is Mexico’s most popular cocktails. There, they mix blanco tequila with a very sugary Mexican grapefruit soda. In the US, most palomas are made with pulpy grapefruit juice and soda gun club soda leaving the drink extra bitter and, in most cases, flat. Dr. G’s Playa Camino starts with an all-natural grapefruit soda blended with Agave spirit, which is a mild tequila, and a touch of lime. Sweetened with pure cane sugar provides full flavor without being too sweet. Nothing artificial. No high fructose corn syrup. Drink smart. It’s the Doc’s orders!

You should get a grapefruit aroma in the nose with hints of tequila. Your first sip should have full grapefruit flavor up front, followed by subtle tequila in the middle, and then a nice clean finish. Every other sip after that should mellow. To mellow it out even further, pour over ice and/or garnish with a lime and/or salt.