Watermelon Juice Margarita

I recently juiced a watermelon. I got three quarts of juice (it's such a beautiful color!). My four-year-old would have liked to drink an entire quart. My spouse made popsicles with one quart (the juice was for her), but she said I could use some of it how ever I wished.

A friend had told me about how he likes to make frozen watermelon margaritas a few years ago. I've tried making them a couple of times but have never really been impressed. I thought I might give it another try now that I had so much watermelon juice. But I thought I would leave out the frozen part.

I ran across this margarita recipe on The Kitchn blog, and I really enjoy it! I'll often leave out the cold water that the recipe calls for and just add a little more ice and shake the drink a little longer for more melt (and a colder drink).

The first watermelon juice margarita I made: 2 oz tequila, 2 oz watermelon juice, .75 oz lime juice, .5 oz agave nectar, ice. This was a good drink. Sweet like many margaritas, but with a subtle watermelon flavor.

Watermelon Juice Margarita (#2)
2 oz tequila
4 oz watermelon juice
1 oz lime juice
ice

This was a very light margarita experience. It wasn't really sweet (I like that there wasn't any added sweetener), the watermelon flavor was more forward, the lime and tequila were both very evident and balanced, too. I would drink this again.

UPDATE: I've tried adding between a half-tablespoon and a tablespoon of agave nectar to the #2 recipe and really enjoyed the results. And I shake the margarita to mix it as opposed to stirring it.

UPDATE 2017-05-28: Here are some additional notes on the #2 recipe. I put the watermelon in the blender now. And I use 2 tsps of agave nectar as noted in the above update. The blended watermelon is not a sweet as the watermelon juice (thus the agave nectar), but it is still very good.