Tequila?

[Superbrother]

So then, until this weekend I'd only tried tequila as part of a cocktail.
One of my US based friends left a half bottle during her last visit so I thought I'd man up and do some traditional slammers with salt and lime wedges.

Utterly sensational!

As a result I am now exploring the world of Tequila as it's something new. Just bought some Jose Cuervo from Waitrose in their sale (?12 for 700ml!).
Are there any other aficionados on here who could offer me some suggestions on ones to try?

[TJCoro]

Go for the best!

Don Julio Anejo is a Coro favorite. CLICK HERE for a list of the top stuff.

BTW, There's a world of difference between top shelf tequila and "value" tequila. It you're going to get into it, go for the top-drawer stuff!

Perro, el Perro

[Nightwingvyse]

I have never found tequila to be anything special. I've tried it with the salt and the lime before, and was disappointed.

To be honest, i think the reason some types of tequila have little worms in is that the makers thought 'Meh, couldn't make it any worse....'

[Superbrother]

TJ delivers the knowledge as per usual.

Is this the stuff? http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-4885.aspx

[TJCoro]

Only THe Best Will Do!

I have never found tequila to be anything special. I've tried it with the salt and the lime before, and was disappointed.

To be honest, i think the reason some types of tequila have little worms in is that the makers thought 'Meh, couldn't make it any worse....'

Ahem, as I said, senor cheapskate...there is a world of difference between the "value" tequila you probably drink and the more expensive top-shelf stuff.

Perro, el Perro

Hey el Perro! I'm with the young lad on this one. Give me a bottle of Mescal any day!

[Bigboned]

So how should tequila be drunk TJ? Neat, cold or with lime etc?

[Tzusskin]

I have tried it with salt and lime and whilst I love lime I won't be doing it again as it covered up what was a very nice aftertaste from the Tequila. I keep saying to my wife that we need to sort out a nicely stocked booze cabinet, there will be some money dropped in there I can tell you.

[TJCoro]

So how should tequila be drunk TJ? Neat, cold or with lime etc?

Well sir, it depends on what you're drinking. If it's the good stuff, you can drink it neat, room temp or chilled, or chase it with salt and lime if you prefer.

But if it's the cheap stuff, like what chicovery-drunk.gif nightingale drinks, which I don't recommend, then you need to drink it as fast as possible or bury the taste with anything available - such as grape fruit juice, lots of salt and limes and your choice of a chaser, or if you prefer, use it to make a tequila sunrise or margarita.




Perro, el Perro


Hey el Perro! I use the "cheap stuff" to clean my blu-balls!

[Nightwingvyse]

Ahem, as I said, senor cheapskate...there is a world of difference between the "value" tequila you probably drink and the more expensive top-shelf stuff.

Hey el Perro! I'm with the young lad on this one. Give me a bottle of Mescal any day!

But if it's the cheap stuff, like what chico[ATTACH=CONFIG]8060[/ATTACH] nightingale drinks, which I don't recommend, then you need to drink it as fast as possible or bury the taste with anything available - such as grape fruit juice, lots of salt and limes and your choice of a chaser, or if you prefer, use it to make a tequila sunrise or margarita.

Hey el Perro! I use the "cheap stuff" to clean my blu-balls!

It can be very costly to make unfounded assumptions like that. It's not the first you've made about me (or of other members i've noticed). I hope you don't do that all the time, you may upset someone you'd best not.
If there's anything i cheap out on, it certainly isn't alcohol....

I have most of a bottle of Jose Cuervo Gold in my drinks cabinet, which i'm irrationally hoping will age like cigars. Other leading brands I have also tried are Sauza Blanco and Sierra Silver. Aside from a strange obsession that tequila makers have with putting colours in their names, i have yet to find anything special about tequila.

Please make no more bold assumptions like that. It would be a little like me calling you an asshole............

[bfg84]

Round 1........... Ding!

[Bigboned]

Pulls up a chair, grabs popcorn

[bfg84]

Dims lights, anticipation builds......

[El Catador]

Oh no!
Please.. not more aggro?

Can't we give peace a chance?
(Oh the humanity)


Good luck anyhow Chica!

(I wonder if the kid actually read the link?).

[Detroit_Waves]

I unfortunately really don't enjoy Tequila, no matter how its drunk. Give me a bottle of Sambuca any day! Mrs Detroitwaves however, and her friends are all born and raised in California, so spend most of their adult life growing up with Tequila. Due to this, everyone thinks they have the perfect bottle of Tequila to convert me. All have failed.

However, from what I understand, TJ is correct. The difference between top shelf and value tequila is apparently huge. The other big difference everyone mentions here, is that silver tequila is apparently 26 times better (a rough estimation) that gold. No one here does tequila with a wedge and some salt. Its always done cold, and straight. I can't speak for everyone, but everyone I seem to know in California, wouldn't touch Jose Cuervo if they could avoid it. Its deemed the lowest of the low here, and smelling it I can see why! The one everyone always seems to ask for here is Patron Silver. I tried it one, but was advised rather than to shot, to sip it slowly. This was the closest I ever came to liking it. There is also a Tequila bar here just down the road called Te'kila, that boasts one of the biggest Tequila bars in the world, and it is in fact, a very good looking bar. On the bar girls advice, I tried the Partida Blanco, as this was her favourite. It didnt have the usual smell that Tequila normally seems to have, however...It still made me want to be a little sick in my mouth just from smelling it.

Probably not exactly the advice you were looking for, so my apologies....Maybe take a look at the brands mentioned though, and try some of the gold and silver counterparts and see which you prefer.

[TJCoro]

Awww, lighten up, bub!

It can be very costly to make unfounded assumptions like that. It's not the first you've made about me (or of other members i've noticed). I hope you don't do that all the time, you may upset someone you'd best not.

Please make no more bold assumptions like that. It would be a little like me calling you an asshole............

You take yourself too seriously, Chico.

Now, you're not the first knewbee to get hisor her panties in a twist over my comments...and you probably won't be the last.

Most get it....some don't

Try this, muchacho - take a deep breath, relax, and float down stream.. I promise, you won't die!.

Respectfully,

Perro, el Perro

Hey el Perro! What gives? You call that a fighting response to the lad calling you ASSHOLE??


Haha! This ol' stupid looking dawg smiley don't bite no more.


Naa mess wit no raggamuffin!