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Mango
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Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Penca Azul Reposado
4 Copas anejo
Milagro single barrel Anejo
San Martin Extra Anejo
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Gull, that sounds like a nice list. Which of those is your favorite?
The only one on your list I have had the pleasure of trying is the Milagro Single Barrel Anejo.
My favorite tequila came out of a 5 gallon white plastic container. I was visiting Tequila, Jalisco and the bartender poured me a batch from his
friends distillery.. he told me it sold for $500 USD a bottle.
I tipped well.
In general, I like the highland tequilas. My favorite store bought is Corazon Reposado.
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woody with a view
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got turned on to sauza commemrativo anejo.......mmmmm!
next to the hornitos, it's in the cabinet, too!
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fdt
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Seriously, Fernando, am I right? didn't Mexico lower the alcohol content? |
I ignore that.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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fdt
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Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
What is the rule about bringing alcohol back to the states?.....that is the question. |
Do what we do for the toy drive, "Contrabando hormiga".
Since you are in San Diego it would be easy to get someone that works there and lives in Tijuana to bring you a bottle a day. Done that many times.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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The Gull
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Quote: | Originally posted by Mango
Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Penca Azul Reposado
4 Copas anejo
Milagro single barrel Anejo
San Martin Extra Anejo
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Gull, that sounds like a nice list. Which of those is your favorite?
The only one on your list I have had the pleasure of trying is the Milagro Single Barrel Anejo.
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I put them in order of rank, best on top. I have run blind taste tests on five occasions, with 4-5 people each time. It is universally the case that
Penca Azul is on top, followed very closely by 4 Copas. Actually, I prefer the Single Barrel to 4 Copas. Since all of those run $80+ in the states
even at discount houses, the San Martin Extra Anejo is the killer of the list. Very good taste and sells for about $18 at La Playa in TJ.
For all the Tequila pros among Nomads, if you haven't tried it, it is a must buy.
Woody, while they are good, you are spending too much on those Sauza brands when a bottle of San Martin Extra Anejo would change your mind about
quality at a low price.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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The Gull
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This is it.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Taco de Baja
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Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
This is it. |
Penca Azul: $99.99 at Bevmo for a 750ml. That's $6.25 per 1.5 ounce "shot"
Thats definitely one to store on the top shelf. And for sure, should be sipped, not shot.
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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woody with a view
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Quote: | Woody, while they are good, you are spending too much on those Sauza brands when a bottle of San Martin Extra Anejo would change your mind about
quality at a low price. |
well, i'm always looking for a good deal on a new t-kill-ya.
anyone else got a sleeper kill-ya?
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Quote: | Since you are in San Diego it would be easy to get someone that works there and lives in Tijuana to bring you a bottle a day. |
anyone coming north wanna make $10? i can meet you along the I-5 near
downtown.......
[Edited on 1-31-2009 by woody in ob]
[Edited on 1-31-2009 by woody in ob]
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woody with a view
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talk about winning the lottery?
http://www.queondapm.com/index.php?option=com_content&ta...
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elgatoloco
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Holy guacamole!
Maestro Dobel Diamond Tequila.
Followed one of theri links to an interesting looking yacht.
http://yachts.monacoeye.com/files/blohm_voss_970_a.php
MAGA
marooons Are Governing America
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Mike99km
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We started drinking 30-30 a few years back. It's very good at room temp. The flavor is very different cool. It is not a top shelf but is much better
than the same priced stuff. Cost about $15.00 to $20.00 a lt.
It's our mixing and sipping choice while camping and roughing it trips.
Try it Woody, taste great after surfing and fishing all day.
You live the life you settle for.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W. C. Fields.
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BajaNuts
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!! $225,000 a BOTTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How good can one drink be????????????????
Either you drink it yourself and for more than my house, you get a buzz...or you share it with others which means after 10 minutes, you gotta shell
out another quarter mil!!!!
I can appreciate good alcohol up to about $100 a bottle, after that I don't get it. I can't believe that any alcohol can taste that good to be worth
a quarter mil for a bottle.........
At some point ( for me it would be at around $80/bottle) it becomes not about the product as about the bragging rights of serving or drinking a very
expensive drink.
In the end, it all goes in the same place...................(swhoosch).....
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Bajahowodd
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Anyone notice that the marketing department has taken over? Freaky looking bottles designed to hook people. Personally, anything over $70 a bottle,
cannot possibly be worth it.
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The Gull
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Anyone notice that the marketing department has taken over? Freaky looking bottles designed to hook people. Personally, anything over $70 a bottle,
cannot possibly be worth it. |
Wrong, just plain wrong.
Let's get to the economics. Buying an $85 bottle of Penca Azul (discount place in Marina Del Rey) provides about 20 real good sized shooters. What
do bars charge for any kind of crap tequila shot?
Stay home and enjoy is my approach.
By the way, a shot of PA at El Agave in SD is $15-20. At Crustacean in Beverly Hills or San Francisco, the same will cost you $30-40, each.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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BajaNuts
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I can go along with Gull's math, but that still doesn't justify $225,THOUSAND
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Bajahowodd
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Gull- Are you challenging me on the fact that tequila has gone the way of BMW? Raising the price and putting it an attractive package doesn't improve
the quality of the product.
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The Gull
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Your views are irrelevant, besides wrong.
Stateside, many popular brands, e.g. Tres Generaciones, Patron, Cabo Wabo, Herradura (and I can go on) have done things to change packaging over the
years, but I can still buy them at or below the price I was paying for them 14 years ago. I'm sure Nomads who buy in the $30-$42 range will agree.
Local super markets, Trader Joe's and Costco are replete with examples, daily. People who have seen and drank San Martin Extra Anejo at $17-$18
bottle find it both attractive packaging and excellent.
Late comers to the premium tequila party may have to resort to fancier packaging to get shelf space, but that does not provide for unfounded sweeping
generalizations of what I have read from you.
Deal with facts not myth. Facts, sonny, use them.
I agree with BajaNuts, $225K is a bit steep. In fact all of those brands on that website are "over the top" IMHO.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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The Gull
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Cabo Wabo and Hornitos on Sale
Go to Super King Markets in Anaheim, Glassel Park or Altadena
Every week they have gret deals on Tequila. This week Cabo Wabo at $24 and Hornitos for $14 (buy 3). Last week Patron Anejo for $35.
Pacifico or Modelo for $10 for a 12 pack of 12 oz btls.
www.superkingmarkets.com
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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BajaGringo
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So is it one bottle per car or one bottle per person???
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Terry28
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Check out Sondras restaruant in Puerto Nuevo, third street down, turn left, it's on the left hand side..the make their own tequila and you can buy
some to take home...very nice sipping tequila..it was around $15 a bottle last time we were there....nice food too, spotless, and good service...
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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