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Kosher tequila

jeans - 3-29-2009 at 10:54 PM

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo: kosher tequila
Production of the alcoholic beverage will be certified by a rabbi

Fri., March. 27, 2009
NEW YORK - A New York businessman is launching a new kosher tequila in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Martin Silver says Agave 99 will be on the market in time for the holiday that celebrates Mexico's defeat of French forces on May 5, 1862.

Silver, president of Long Island-based Star Industries, says he wants to satisfy the craze for high-end tequila with one that observant Jews can drink —
"to help the Mexican economy and the Jews."

Silver says a half million cases of the 99-proof kosher tequila are being produced at a Mexican plant using methods certified by a rabbi. It will retail for $41.95 a bottle.

The product launch — with Mexican songs sung in Yiddish and Spanish — is set for May 5, but it will also be sold earlier, for Passover.

Iflyfish - 3-30-2009 at 10:17 AM

Oy Vey! I'll pass over.

Iflyfish

Bajajack - 3-30-2009 at 10:29 AM

Just a marketing ploy, everybody knows them Jews will drink anything, kosher or not.

toneart - 3-30-2009 at 10:29 AM

I think they should move up the release to April 1 already. :smug::biggrin:

Hava tequila, hava tequila, hava tequila, with salt and lime...Oy!

Dave - 3-30-2009 at 11:47 AM

Hate to break it to you guys but tequila is kosher. As are most all distilled spirits... from Russian Vodka to Tennessee Bourbon.

Sooo True

Dave - 3-30-2009 at 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by Bajajack
Just a marketing ploy, everybody knows them Jews will drink anything, kosher or not.


Just ask anyone who has ever had a sip of Manischewitz wine.

Diver - 3-31-2009 at 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by Dave
Hate to break it to you guys but tequila is kosher. As are most all distilled spirits... from Russian Vodka to Tennessee Bourbon.


The tequila is kosher but the worm must be dispatched correctly with "koshered" instruments and blessed by a rabbi. :lol::lol::lol:

Mango - 3-31-2009 at 11:07 PM

I'd rather drink the non-kosher stuff sans-worm, thank you.

I thought tequila was the, "drink of the gods."

What more could you want?

capt. mike - 4-1-2009 at 06:14 AM

what would Jesus drink??

Jesus was a carpenter

Dave - 4-1-2009 at 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
what would Jesus drink??


Probably drank Bud.

Correction

Dave - 4-1-2009 at 10:17 AM

Jesus, my electrician, tells me that he drinks Hornitos...and Bud lite.

DT.IN.LB.BAJA - 4-1-2009 at 12:43 PM

Smart Guy..........that Jesus

Paulina - 4-1-2009 at 01:24 PM

I guess that the tequila sin worm would be considered pareve, but would it go well served with haroset or gefilte fish?

Someone is going to have to test that out.

P<*)))>{

I'll give it a shot

Dave - 4-1-2009 at 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Paulina

Someone is going to have to test that out.

P<*)))>{


Passover's coming up. ;)

FYI, Tequila is one of the few spirits that's 'Kosher for Passover'. (Not made from fermented grains)

capt. mike - 4-1-2009 at 04:08 PM

yeah Dave. i figured Jesus would do Bud, Miller or Coors; seeing he's a regular Joe, friend of the working class and all....a regular mensch...(sp?):biggrin::biggrin:

capt. mike - 4-1-2009 at 04:13 PM

"The product launch — with Mexican songs sung in Yiddish and Spanish — is set for May 5, but it will also be sold earlier, for Passover."

ok - i MUST have a copy of those songs!!
wonder if a CD will be out?! Can you imagine mariachi music in yiddish? this i gotta hear.:light:

capt. mike - 4-1-2009 at 04:33 PM

interesting that the importer in Long Island also sells a Cachaca that is the high end stuff he gets from Brazil. I'd love to try that some time.:wow:

i hope someone i trust like El Gato Loco tries this Tequila Agave 99 and gives us a report. That triple filtering ought to equate to smoooooth bidness.

until this economy corrects i am drinking Albertson's house brand.....:no:

Udo - 4-1-2009 at 08:06 PM

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until this economy corrects i am drinking Albertson's house brand.....


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I'm sticking with VIVA VILLA, lime and a dash of Cholula...that'll start the parrotheads! Cheaper than Albertson's stuff

Oso - 4-3-2009 at 05:12 PM

If your TEQUILA has worms, you've got more to worry about than traif. MEZCAL is the only liquor that's SUPPOSED to have a worm in it.