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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
You might be in luck, Jorge. My former wine source in CA has a closeout on a pretty good blanco tequila called..............EL AMO!! Perfect for a
wedding, eh, with that name? 80 proof (many arent, these days), double distilled, 100% agave (but probably not 100% blue agave). Many blancos arent.
They originally sold this tequila for 22.99, but they are closing it out at 13.99. The website shows 16-750ml bottles left.
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I'm with Hook. Find an inexpensive 100% agave blanco.
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2 kinds of marg drinkers. Those who know what a real marg tastes like, and those who don't.
Anyone thinking lime juice in a bottle, or sweet and sour mix added to any old tequila wouldn't know 100% agave tequila from, say, Cuervo Gold (added
water and sugar).
Do a blind test with different tequilas with freshly squeezed lime juice -- eventually you'll make distinctions.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
2 kinds of marg drinkers. Those who know what a real marg tastes like, and those who don't.
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It's said the original Margarita was stirred. Is that the "real" you refer to, Lee?
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A lot of bars and restaurants down here use cane alcohol to blend into the margarita mix. Half cheap tequila and half popskull is almost undetectable
in a margarita and your guests will wobble around and toss compliments like hand grenades. "This here mahr-grrr-reeta shore is good. Gimme another".
Keep 'em cold. Crushed ice works best to numb the brain, and the taste buds.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
A lot of bars and restaurants down here use cane alcohol to blend into the margarita mix. |
Caña.......yummy.
A well known brand that the unaware mistake for Tequila is "Viva Villa."
The same product [not brand] can be found on pharmacy shelves. It's been used as rubbing alcohol down here forever.
The stuff is a fast-track to the end for street drunks.
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Any El Jimador tequila is muy bueno. If you want inexpensive go with Blanco, Repesado for about $17 per bottle does well mixing. But don't you dare
use El Jimador Anejo as a mix, it is for sippin only.
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"UETA" duty free has Cazadores silver for $13 a LITER, Repasado for $17 and anejo for $22. I buy all my STUFF there. The San Ysidro store is easy to
get to and get right back across the border
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Oh the horror!!!!!!!!!
OK, I'll admit it, I use on occasion, this Anejo in Margaritas.
I actually just bought one of these last month, and I agree somewhat with the reviewer it's a pretty good value.
http://tequilatourist.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-54-kirklan...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajorge
Any El Jimador tequila is muy bueno. |
I always thought it was the Lucky Lager of Reposados..........not that LL is a bad thing.
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Añejo in a margarita is like using a Rolls Royce to push start a Datsun.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Añejo in a margarita is like using a Rolls Royce to push start a Datsun. |
...or like trying to cook a good steak over the pilot light on your stove.
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Forgot to mention, it makes a great tequila lime marinade for shrimp.
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Go with the cheap stuff for mixing. Keep the good stuff for on the rocks.
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