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Which is the best Ensenada Liquor Store?

Martyman - 5-4-2010 at 12:07 PM

Mostly interested in tequila. I usually hit the gigante or other supermercados. Anyone know of a wholesale liquor store in Ensenada?
Looking for the best prices (not on Lopez Mateos).

Thanks

DENNIS - 5-4-2010 at 12:43 PM

Best prices on liquor and beer will generally be at the big grocery stores, Calimax....Soriana's....Comercial Mexicana...etc. That's where the bars get liquor. Beer is delivered.
I think they're just starting to get into liquor distributors for restaurants. I spoke to one at Sharky's.

Ask Dave. He knows.

[Edited on 5-4-2010 by DENNIS]

bajabass - 5-4-2010 at 12:51 PM

:light:

The closest open one!! :yes:

bajabass - 5-4-2010 at 12:56 PM

Seriously though, Costco might be a good bet. There has been a few threads on liquor and beer deals in the past. :biggrin:

Iflyfish - 5-4-2010 at 01:00 PM

Costco

tripledigitken - 5-4-2010 at 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by bajabass
Seriously though, Costco might be a good bet. There has been a few threads on liquor and beer deals in the past. :biggrin:

Is their selection of Tequila better than the stateside Costco's?

mulegemichael - 5-4-2010 at 01:18 PM

ken..i think they definitely have a better selection of tequilas than the stateside stores...one time, while shopping at the cabo costco with some buddies we noticed one of those food taster guys in the booze section..checked on him closer and discovered he was offering tequila samples...we stood around there and he just kept pouring...had to take a cab home and return for our car the next day...whew!

mtgoat666 - 5-4-2010 at 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by Martyman
Mostly interested in tequila. I usually hit the gigante or other supermercados. Anyone know of a wholesale liquor store in Ensenada?
Looking for the best prices (not on Lopez Mateos).

Thanks

most of the wineries in guadalupe valley carry tequila for tasting/buying -- i think many of the wineries also own tequila businesses -- tequilas I tried at wineries were better than mass-produced varieties carried in supermarkets, and prices seemed about right for quality.

i think the supermarkets carry mass-produced lines of tequila. i have not seen where you can buy the better tequilas. i know some people that bring personal purchases of tequilas from Jalisco, and they spend upwards of a couple hundred dollars per liter, and they taste very fine,... but I am a cheapskate and stick with liquors that cost under 50 per liter.

better tequilas are pricy, and from you question it sounds like you want cheap liquor, and cheaper the better, so go to the supermarket and buy cheapest on basis of peso per ounce/proof :lol:

hope someone can inform where to buy micro-batch tequilas in TJ or ensenada................

DENNIS - 5-4-2010 at 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666
hope someone can inform where to buy micro-batch tequilas in TJ or ensenada................

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bajabound2005 - 5-4-2010 at 02:34 PM

For tasting, you might try this place http://masaassassin.blogspot.com/2010/04/el-agave-gastro-bar... and I'm sure they can direct to places to buy. There is also quite a store that sells pretty much nothing but tequila in the Los Globos area, on Coral Street.

Mexicorn - 5-4-2010 at 02:38 PM

Don Pisto

DENNIS - 5-4-2010 at 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
There is also quite a store that sells pretty much nothing but tequila in the Los Globos area, on Coral Street.

Yeah...I was going to mention that place, but didn't know how to begin without getting someone lost.

irenemm - 5-4-2010 at 03:34 PM

Costco
that is were we get most of our stuff.
you can find specials in some of the stores but you have to be around to get them.
Costco is cheaper than our supplier.

Martyman - 5-4-2010 at 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666

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hope someone can inform where to buy micro-batch tequilas in TJ or ensenada................

No...not the cheap stuff. I stick with the 100% agave reposados or anejos. But I do not spend more than $40-50/bottle. Micro tequilas would be nice to try. Thanks for all the responses. I might have to spend a whole day focused on tequila

bajaguy - 5-4-2010 at 03:48 PM

If you want a great smooth sipping Tequila, got to COSTCO in Ensenada and pick up some "El Capricho Elixir de Agave".....89 pesos for a liter

Great stuff!!!!!!

Thanks for the lead, Bajabound 2005 and BajaAmigo!!!

mtgoat666 - 5-4-2010 at 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by Martyman
I stick with the 100% agave reposados or anejos.

but all the tequilas put such claims on their label, even the $2/liter rot gut that dennis drinks :lol:

DENNIS - 5-4-2010 at 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666

but all the tequilas put such claims on their label, even the $2/liter rot gut that dennis drinks :lol:

I can't stand Tequila. Too much in a Margarita ruins the drink as far as I'm concerned.
Go back to your Sewer Bar, Goat. Dip your cup into the frothy vat and pretend you're drinking Brandy Alexanders.

Bajahowodd - 5-4-2010 at 04:16 PM

The big box stores mentioned, as well as WalMart will carry some high end tequilas, but as far as I know, there are few, if any merchants, in the Ensenada area, that could provide a variety of top notch tequilas that would even equal what BevMo carries in the states. To me, the high end tequila market is much like the the high end wine market in the states. It's more boutique than mass market, and you can spend a bunch of time in Jalisco traveling from distillery to distillery just to taste their product. And, of course, in that setting, prices are not going to be competitive. And the demand for high end tequila in Ensenada is just not all that great.

DENNIS - 5-4-2010 at 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
And the demand for high end tequila in Ensenada is just not all that great.

I don't know about that, Howard. There's a lot of money here and any proud Papa at his daughter's Quinceañera wouldn't hesitate a moment to buy the very best to serve his friends.

Bajahowodd - 5-4-2010 at 04:28 PM

I was thinking more about the tourists, Dennis. That's where the volume would be. Yokels disembarking a Carnival ship would scurry over to buy some Cuervo, 'cause they bought it in Mexico. Of course, there is a local market for fine stuff. Just have to wonder who takes advantage of the market. And, yes. they could probably find a bottle of something at WalMart that would impress.

bajabass - 5-4-2010 at 08:47 PM

Hey, a bottle of Cazadores, a case of Pacifico, and a bag of limes, and it is all good.

durrelllrobert - 5-5-2010 at 08:46 AM

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Because of high MX taxes on booze it's best to buy good stuff at Duty Free before you cross the border :biggrin:

Hook - 5-5-2010 at 09:27 AM

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Originally posted by bajaguy
If you want a great smooth sipping Tequila, got to COSTCO in Ensenada and pick up some "El Capricho Elixir de Agave".....89 pesos for a liter

Great stuff!!!!!!

Thanks for the lead, Bajabound 2005 and BajaAmigo!!!

Not familiar with this tequila, but I have been over to a few folks houses over here who were serving very smooth, inexpensive (8-12 dollars US) tequilas. In almost all cases (Azul, for instance) they are dialing down the alcohol content to below 70 proof.

Yeah, reducing alcohol content WILL make tequila smoother. :rolleyes:

Udo - 5-5-2010 at 07:32 PM

+By far the lowest prices, and on par with Calimax & Soriana as long as you have their respective club cards. :bounce:

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Originally posted by Mexicorn
Don Pisto

torch - 5-5-2010 at 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by bajabass
Hey, a bottle of Cazadores, a case of Pacifico, and a bag of limes, and it is all good.

It is that simple!!!!! :yes:

bajabound2005 - 5-5-2010 at 09:04 PM

ok, the "famous" tequila store in Ensenada in the Los Globos area....northbound on Reforma, turn right on Coral which is between the Pemex and Toogino's Pizza . Travel about 13 streets, counting every street on your right and left. The liquor store is on the left in a white building with a sign "MONTEZUMA #4" and a Tecate sign. They have HUNDREDS of tequilas. Worth a visit/tour even if you don't buy anything.

bajabass - 5-6-2010 at 07:00 AM

I'll need to go by there this weekend if I make it down. Seems some low-life-druggie-tweaker-scumbags broke into my house in La Mision and drank all my booze while they searched the house :fire:

. The only things of real value, about 10k worth of rods, reals, and tackle were left alone :?:

. They are now in my office in Orange. This place should make it real easy to restock.

astrobaja - 5-6-2010 at 01:28 PM

I'd 2nd MONTEZUMA#4 , we only went there once but it was because we were told they had the best selection of tequila and Mescal. Small store but jam packed with cool never heard of before brands!

comitan - 5-6-2010 at 02:03 PM

Fernando where are you?, he took me to a liquor store in TJ that was huge, just everything and great prices.

Licores Horta Del Sauzal

Pompano - 5-6-2010 at 02:19 PM

This info is kind of old these days....but hey, it was thee place to shop back in the day.

For many years we would stop at this liqour store located on the main drag north of downtown. East side of the street and easy to park your rigs on the west side while southbound.

We always got the best prices on Ron Palmas rum..the only stuff we drank besides Pacifico, Corona, Tecate, Carta Blanca, brandy, vodka, whiskey, wine, mead, and schnapps.

CostCo, eh? No, thanks..just ain't the same thing.

DENNIS - 5-6-2010 at 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by comitan
Fernando where are you?, he took me to a liquor store in TJ that was huge, just everything and great prices.

Are you sure that wasn't his house? :lol:

By the way....yeah. Where is he?

Comitan, is this the Liqor Srore in TJ?

Gypsy Jan - 5-6-2010 at 04:27 PM

Leyva's Liquor on La Revo between 6th/7th for the best tequila selection and prices in northen Baja. He also has many other Mexican spirits and liquors.Ask for Gilberto Leyva.

Also nearby, is La Villa del Tabaco for Cuban cigars and espressos, run by Elana Rawman.

comitan - 5-6-2010 at 04:44 PM

Sounds like the place, also there is a fish market close to there, fantastic for fish so many different specie all very fresh.

tripledigitken - 5-6-2010 at 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Leyva's Liquor on La Revo between 6th/7th for the best tequila selection and prices in northen Baja. He also has many other Mexican spirits and liquors.Ask for Gilberto Leyva.

Also nearby, is La Villa del Tabaco for Cuban cigars and espressos, run by Elana Rawman.

Jan,

Is that right across from the old jai alai palace?

Ken

Hey, tripledigitken

Gypsy Jan - 5-6-2010 at 05:01 PM

Yes, maybe, I think so.

After a few margaritas, my memory improves.

Martyman - 5-6-2010 at 09:56 PM

Another good liquor store in Tijuana is Licores Kentucky Derby. Nice selection of tequilas

bajasammy - 5-10-2010 at 02:18 PM

Thanks Bajabound for the perfect directions! What a cool place!

We've mowed through the Tequila's at Calimax and wanted to try some new ones. I think we'll be busy now for quite some time