I'm holding off buying a new bottle pending the results.
Ken
[Edited on 5-7-2007 by tripledigitken]fdt - 5-7-2007 at 11:03 AM
Just don't get 4 Vientos, last place elgatoloco - 5-7-2007 at 11:16 AM
Don Julio?Iflyfish - 5-7-2007 at 12:03 PM
Corellejos, Blue bottle, $17 at Costco in Ensenada and Cabo. Close to $60 here in Oregon. Delicious. Entire production used to go to Japan. No
Brainer! and enough and you will be no brainer.
Iflyfishfdt - 5-7-2007 at 12:44 PM
That is not the winer, it was a clear bottle.fdt - 5-7-2007 at 12:45 PM
The first winer wasn't even tequila, it was charanda from Michoacan, so the second place got first.Bajafun777 - 5-7-2007 at 02:50 PM
Well, I was a judge and I picked Number 2 to be first and it was Don Julio and I brought it and picked it out of 12 choices. Now, that is either a
good thing in that I know the tequila I like and drink or I have a taste for it so strong that I can pick it out from others. Either way we had a
number of good tasting tequilas and we had about 3 that could have been mistaken for gasoline. This was my first time at the book signing and I will
return met a lot of interesting and informative people that are Nomads and eagerly want to help you out with information to help you avoid the
pitfalls that can occur in not only Baja but anywhere in Mexico. Fdt it was really fun meeting you and your wife and my buddy that also came to the
event says you are also a wealth of information on Mexico. I told him we need to get him on board as BajaFrancisco but I need to check to make sure
there is not anyone using this name. I definately encourage anyone that has not attended one of these events to do so, as you will definately leave
with good thoughts and rested from the stay. By the way thanks Keri for hosting this. Later------------------------------------bajafun777jeans - 5-7-2007 at 03:03 PM
El Tarasco was the winner...by quite a margin if I remember correctly (always doubtful) - Georock is holding a bottle of it in this thread.
It has our mark "10" on the bottle.Bajafun777 - 5-7-2007 at 04:49 PM
Well Jeans you are right the El Tarasco was the official winner and you can not argue with the votes. Number 10 was my 2nd choice and it was also a
good tasting tequila. If you remember the 1st winner was deemed to be made out of grapes and was disqualified, so Number 10 jumped in to 1st place.
However, after drinking 12 shots of tequila next year we need to make sure we have a beer chaser to clear the taste buds and cracker just does not
seem right. Georock was a laugh a minute during this selection process and you were also having a great time like the rest of us. Later---bajafun777David K - 5-7-2007 at 07:20 PM
I was a taster, and #10 won... but as noted above it wasn't a true Tequila as it was made outside of Jalisco... But, I pick taste and it tasted better
than the others that night!
Also, GeoRock reported it was only $8 a bottle... Almost as good a price as that stuff in the plastic beehive bottle we were drinking at Camp Gecko a
few years ago, around the campfire.
The 'real tequila' winner to my taste and the #2 overall choice was Cien Años Blanco (bottle #1), and #3 (for me)was La Doña (bottle #6)...
The above edited to reflect that those top three were my personal choices... the group also picked the same #1 as I, but #2 was El Caprich and #3 was
Hornitos... unless Geo Rock says elsewise.
My notes said Don Julio (BOTTLE #2) tasted like gasoline (Magna)
[Edited on 5-9-2007 by David K]fdt - 5-7-2007 at 10:47 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Bajafun777
we had about 3 that could have been mistaken for gasoline.
Darn, you're giving people to many clues and soon they will find out that jeans and I buy our tequilas at pemex Iflyfish - 5-7-2007 at 11:02 PM
Man, that must have been fun!
What great pics!
Looks like my fav didn't make the top five even
Saludos
Iflyfishjeans - 5-7-2007 at 11:18 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
The real tequila winner and the #2 overall choice was Cien Años Blanco (bottle #1), and #3 was La Doña (bottle #6)...
Now, my notes are pretty sloppy, so I am happy to concede those results if GeoRock posts something different!
How about if I say something different? I brought bottle #1 Cien Años Blanco..and it came in second from the bottom......FDT & I can
really pick 'em.David K - 5-7-2007 at 11:20 PM
The last time I was a taster, Gran Centenario Añejo won... brought by elgatoloco. It wasn't one of the choices this time.
I was hoping to have some LOS ABUELOS there, that we tried at Mexico Expo... that was really SUPER good. Alas, the Añejo was outside my budget... for
the trip! Maybe next time???bajagrouper - 5-8-2007 at 12:12 AM
For David K,
Your eariler post stated " but as noted above it wasn't a true Tequila as it was made outside of Jalisco...
As a matter of fact tequila can be made and bottled anywhere in Mexico as long as the rules are adheared to, and since last year can be shipped and
sold in bulk and bottled in the USA...hope this helps, RickDavid K - 5-8-2007 at 12:14 AM
Thanks for the new rules... before, if it was made in Oaxaca or ??, it had to be called Mezcal, yes?bajagrouper - 5-8-2007 at 12:28 AM
Here are the 1970's rules:
In order to preserve tequila's integrity and protect their national treasure, the Mexican government formulated NORMAS in the 1970s to establish and
govern tequila standards of production. By law, tequila must meet the following criteria:
it must be made from 100 percent natural ingredients
it must be produced with no less than 38 percent alcohol by bolum (ABV)
it must be made from blue agave grown and harvested only in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit or Tamaulipas
the fermented agave juice must be distilled twice and the finished product must result from the agave juice processing
the final product must be produced form no less than 51 percent reduced sugars from the blue agave
it must be labeled with 'hecho en Mexico' (made in Mexico), 'NOM' (Norma Official Mexicana), the producer's four digit registration and identification
number and the tequila's age (resposado, anejo, blanco, oro).bajagrouper - 5-8-2007 at 12:31 AM
and here are the 2006 rules:
2006 Tequila Trade Agreement
On January 17, 2006 the United States and Mexico signed an agreement allowing the continued bulk import of Tequila into the United States. Without
this agreement all tequila would have had to be bottled in Mexico. However, bulk importing applies to "well Tequila" which must include a minimum of
51% agave. 100% agave Tequilas must be bottled in Mexico. In addition to allowing bulk import, the agreement also created a “tequila bottlers
registry” that identifies approved bottlers of tequila.
I live in the state of Nayarit and there are many acres of blue here...RickTaco de Baja - 5-8-2007 at 08:09 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by jeans
El Tarasco was the winner...by quite a margin if I remember correctly (always doubtful) - Georock is holding a bottle of it in this thread.
It has our mark "10" on the bottle.
Where can a bottle of the nectar known as "El Tarasco" be purchased? And at what price?
Bevmo does not seem to have any....
[Edited on 5-8-2007 by Taco de Baja]fdt - 5-8-2007 at 08:35 AM
El Tarasco is not made from agave so it's not tequila, it's Charanda
Results of the Tequila Tasting
tripledigitken - 5-8-2007 at 09:04 AM
I guess the answer to my question is that a few remember which tequila was #1,..............but they don't agree.
Sorry I missed it.Taco de Baja - 5-8-2007 at 10:24 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
I guess the answer to my question is that a few remember which tequila was #1,..............but they don't agree.
And the best tasting Tequila, isn't Tequila......
Maybe I should just stick to rum. David K - 5-8-2007 at 07:45 PM
Thanks jeans... in reexamining my sloppy notes... I think what I posted above was MY top three:
I have the top three results in my notes as El Tarasco (bottle #10), Cien Años Blanco (bottle #1), and in third place La Doña (bottle #6).
That may have been MY top three choices, and not the group vote results!!
I also see another 'top three' so those were the group results: El Tarasco, El Caprich, and Hornitos.
Again, I see...
Mexray - 5-8-2007 at 10:19 PM
...there's no accounting for 'taste'.....
Sorry we missed such a great event!
And finally, there are no 'bad' Tequila's...only empty glasses! Well, maybe some Tequila's need more dilution with limon that others...but around
here, we save the 'lesser' Tequila's for the 3rd and 4th rounds. Just another way to rid our shelves of those 'experimental' bottles we've collected
in some of our weaker buying moments!Wingnut - 5-9-2007 at 05:37 PM
It sounds like you all had a great time taste testing tequila. I am new to the forum but I have always found that sharing your experiences is the best
way to join in. Having said all that, the best tasting tequila I have ever had was Don Julio's 1942 presentation. It's not cheap but when I want to
experience the best, that's it IMHO. No afterburn and tastes great.David K - 5-9-2007 at 05:40 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Wingnut
It sounds like you all had a great time taste testing tequila. I am new to the forum but I have always found that sharing your experiences is the best
way to join in. Having said all that, the best tasting tequila I have ever had was Don Julio's 1942 presentation. It's not cheap but when I want to
experience the best, that's it IMHO. No afterburn and tastes great.
Welcome aboard! We appreciate your contributions... feel free to tell us what Baja means to you or what gives you Baja fever...Wingnut - 5-10-2007 at 04:53 PM
Thanks, I appreciate the welcome. And just so you all know, Baja feels like home to me. Especially since I am from Arizona and have been on close
terms with Mexico all my life. Viva Mexico! Viva Baja!capt. mike - 5-11-2007 at 05:53 AM
