Tequila Drinkers?!

[The Moose]

I'd like to get some tequila for someone as a gift. I don't really wanna spend more than 25 quid or so but would like something a little nicer.

Anyone here a tequila drinker and can tell me which of these are worth drinking (ignore the £125 one!)?!

[Workshy Fop]

The Olmeca one is lovely. Get that. The silver one. I prefer silver to gold tequila anyway.

[The Moose]

Workshy Fop said:

The Olmeca one is lovely. Get that. The silver one. I prefer silver to gold tequila anyway.

This one?


Thank you!!

[mikiec]

Espolon is my favorite ‘economy’ tequila. They also do a reposado for similar money which is a better sipper. Patron is a more premium drop, so the smaller bottle is a good alternative

[The Moose]

The Moose said:

Workshy Fop said:

The Olmeca one is lovely. Get that. The silver one. I prefer silver to gold tequila anyway.

This one?


Thank you!!

Well, that's what I ordered anyway. Hopefully it's nice enough!

[The Moose]

mikiec said:

Espolon is my favorite ‘economy’ tequila. They also do a reposado for similar money which is a better sipper. Patron is a more premium drop, so the smaller bottle is a good alternative

Too late but thank you for the input. Maybe next time!

[sherman]

Jose cuervo, Olmeco and Sierra are what you get as standard in a pub (if they ever open)when you ask fof a shot of tequila. Patron is ususlay held in slightly higher regard though and you would have to ask for it specifically to get it.

[dapprman]

Effectively you have three grades, Silver/Blanco, Reposado and Anejo. The first is unaged and normally used as a mixer or the infamous shots. The second is aged in wooden barrels (3 years ?) and is sipped, the third is longer aged.

We get a fraction of the available tequilas over here as the Mexicans are rather precious of the 'good stuff', an fact much of the cheaper blanco we get over here is considered P*ss.

Presently I've got a bottle of Herradura anejo open (can't believe I was sniffing the contents before 9 am), which was brought back for me from Mexico though it's also reasonably available over here - was hoping for a very specific one (Raizul) but a lot of the makers are mainly distributed locally.

With Patron and Herrandura you're unlikely to go wrong.

Side note - the quality and style of tequila can make a big difference to a decent margarita. If you're using just a decent triple-sec (i.e. Cointreau)and lime juice (and maybe some sugar syrup, I do not) then an aged tequila can do wonders and you can tell the difference.

[tribalsurfer]

Do any still come with the worm ? Got a boys weekend in July and this could be a good talking point.

[dapprman]

Just remembered there was a previous thread here - though I thought it was a lot larger than just pages (confused it with the rum one I think).

[Bacon Is Proof]

While we're on the subject, has anyone ever come across any Mezcal that looked like the bottle was hand painted by drunken children?
A mate always used to bring it back from Mexico, never had memory loss anything like it since!

[Fastchas]

My favourite drink in the sun is the silver with Ginger Ale and slice of lime.
Never drank it neat which I think is the whole idea.
I don't care much for the gold coloured.

[456mgt]

Lots of people will drink tequila but it's a small number that actually hunt it out. Mixing a 'cooking' tequila with tonic is a really nice summer drink. One of my friends bought a bottle of this for my birthday and it's sensational, though drunk neat, not mixed!

[dapprman]

Fastchas said:

My favourite drink in the sun is the silver with Ginger Ale and slice of lime.
Never drank it neat which I think is the whole idea.
I don't care much for the gold coloured.

Vague friend of mine married a Mexican girl. When he visited her (large) family in Mexico City he found they just drank blanco with coke.

[anonymous-user]

tribalsurfer said:

Do any still come with the worm ? Got a boys weekend in July and this could be a good talking point.

Nope (it never has), though mezcal can come with a worm, or you can buy agave worm salt to do your shots with

[Workshy Fop]

The Moose said:

Well, that's what I ordered anyway. Hopefully it's nice enough!

That’s the fellow. I got a £70 bottle of mescal for my birthday and I much prefer this stuff.

[blingybongy]

Bit of thread drift but I got so pissed on tequila 40 years ago the slightest whiff of tequila even to this day makes me gag.

[Ayahuasca]

Tequila is so bad that in Mexico they developed the whole lime, salt thing to improve the taste, and even then after the tequila it is traditional to have a shot of sangrita (mostly orange juice) to take away the taste.

[oddman]

Ayahuasca said:

Tequila is so bad that in Mexico they developed the whole lime, salt thing to improve the taste, and even then after the tequila it is traditional to have a shot of sangrita (mostly orange juice) to take away the taste.

Thought I ought to give tequila a second chance after uni experience. Can't say I like it neat - tastes vegetal and odd but when you make it into a margarita some kind of alchemy happens.

[dapprman]

You need to try a reposado or anejo rather than blanco/silver - obviously not worth buying a bottle just to see if you like it but maybe worth a sip if you know some one with a bottle.