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craiggers
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Tequila ID
Check out this website. It's pretty cool for IDing the different brands. Check out the Casadores site (my favorite) then click on Mixology. Ahh,
Mexico's finest.
http://www.tequilasource.com/tequilabrands.htm
[Edited on 5-12-2007 by craiggers]
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The Gull
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Penca Azul Reposado
all others pale by comparison. Only $80/bottle.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I really like Siete Legues with the horses on the lable.
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Siete Leguas was a horse...A famous horse...Anyone tell me who's?
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EL CABALLO DE PANCHO VILLA: SIETE LEGUAS
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Hook
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El Gato,
I went to a fiesta at Don Jorge's last weekend and someone showed up with a bottle of the DJ 1942. Several of us declared it the best we have ever
tasted. what did you think?
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
El Gato,
I went to a fiesta at Don Jorge's last weekend and someone showed up with a bottle of the DJ 1942. Several of us declared it the best we have ever
tasted. what did you think? |
I do not yet know how it tastes!  I never got a chance to open the bottle at
the Mother's Day party! I can tell you that the three liter bottle of '95 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Cab was delicious as was the '97 Artesa Merlot,
the '97 Silver Oak, the '00 Steltzner Three Lab Cuvee and the....... .
That was the problem! Too much vino!! Is there such a thing as too much good wine? 
Hope springs eternal! My wife's birthday is this weekend!! We shall crack the seal on that Don Julio and see how it measures up.
I still have a few ounces left of my Herradura Seleccion Suprema to get me thru until then! 
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bajasammy
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Mike & Marv,
Thanks for the great tip on Azul. It's definitely one of our favorites and a pretty good deal at the local Calimax ($18-20). Plus it's a 950 ml
rather than the usual 750!!!
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Hook
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A 97 Silver Oak....what must that sell for now? Never had it. I have been disappointed in the 98-2001 versions.
You are a Napa lover, it looks like. 
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elgatoloco
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We like Sonoma, too! Had another bottle of the 97 Silver Oak Monday night for the wifey's BD, it's still tasty! Down to 1 1/2 cases  .
Don Julio 1942 Tequila Añejo
We finally got to try it on Saturday night. Six out of six gave it a big thumbs up. I am sipping some more as I type for a kind of double blind
followup kind of study, if you will. 
It has a very nice nose with a hint of floral sweetness. On the palate it offers a light smoke flavor and it's incredibly smooth on the finish. It has
just moved into my top 5 sipping tequilas.
A scale of one to five I give it 4.5 agaves.  
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tripledigitken
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Elgatoloco,
Would you share your top 5 list?
Have you tried Don Alvaro? I'm just finishing a bottle of their Blanco now. Worth a try IMHO. Where do you find 1942 vintage Tequila?
Ken
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capt. mike
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no problem Sammy
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajasammy
Mike & Marv,
Thanks for the great tip on Azul. It's definitely one of our favorites and a pretty good deal at the local Calimax ($18-20). Plus it's a 950 ml
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glad you liked it! Marv knows his stuff amigo!
i have had troubles too with those mexican liquor caps, so i fingered it out - run hot water over them to loosen the sticky ones! it works, i think
they get sugar on them or sumthin?!
Azul Rocks!!!!!!!!!! man, i want a case at $20 a bottle.
can't get it in AZ......
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Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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synch
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El Toro is a good balance of 100% Agave and price.
Cabo Wabo is true crap and made from immature agave
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Bajajorge
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 Look on the bottle label of a tequila you want to buy and there is a
number. The number indicates the amount of tax the distiller has to pay the Mexican government. Of course, the higher the number the better quality
of the tequila, and the higher the price you will pay.  The numbers range from
the 1100s to the 1400s. All the Cuervo stuff will be in the 1100 range, Cazadores and Don Julio are in the 1400s. It's a little rectangular box, about
a quarter of an inch wide and an inch long, it shows CRT 11xx or CRT 12xx, CRT 13xx or CRT14xx. Don Julio is CRT 1468. Have fun finding what you like
the best.
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bajasammy
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Interesting, is that true? From what I can gather it just seems to be the distiller's ID number.
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What tequilla will do to you, I was in Husongs in the early 70's with my ex wife and her sister. A nice young couple comes in and starts drinking
shooters, after 1/2 hr they are in a huge fight and the Federales come in and stand by the fireplace, watching. I go over to the couple and tell them
to cool it or they might end up in jail. 1/2 hr more and the guy is head down on the table passed out. The cops leave. I was drinking beer and made it
out alive.
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I am surprised at how many people mentioned hornytoes (Hornitos). Its okay in a margarita but straight? blechhh!!
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elgatoloco
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Herradura Seleccion Suprema
Jose Cuervo Reserva de La Familia
Don Julio 1942
Gran Centenario Añejo
Don Alvaro Reserva Limitada Añejo
The Don Julio 1942 is actually not from 1942. That was the year Don Julio first started making tequila. It is aged for 2 to 3 years in American white
oak barrels. The 1942 was first sold in 2002 as a special 60th anniversary commerative special production limited edition celebration of Don Julio's
career. It is VERY smooth and just this last week got into my fab five where it will remain at least until it's gone.
I have not yet tried the Don Alvaro Blanco.
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Elgatoloco,
Would you share your top 5 list?
Have you tried Don Alvaro? I'm just finishing a bottle of their Blanco now. Worth a try IMHO. Where do you find 1942 vintage Tequila?
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