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Leaf Rumours

How about neither..

How about a mans drink.

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What are the different types of tequila, Mindz? Is it like a red wine in the sense that there are dozens of individual varieties for different palattes?
 
Blanco is unaged and stored directly after distillation in stainless steel, hence not leaching any colors from the oak barrels. Reposado is aged up to a year and no less than 2 months in oak barrels. Anejo is more than a year but less than three in oak barrels. Gold tequila (like Cuervo) is still blanco but with added caramel or food coloring to change the look. The is also Extra Anejo which is longer than three years.

Tastes vary depending on the maker, type of oak barrels etc.
 
All made from Blue Agave plants. So really the only varietal difference would be the distillation process and how it's aged. The different casks will give it different tastes. Not that I like Tequila or anything.... :sarcasm
 
MindzEye said:
are you insinuating that tequila isn't a "man's drink"?
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I am insisting that I would rather use it to clean my toilet then drink it.

There is nothing manly about puking all over your dresser and waking up with your underwear on inside out by yourself...
 
Blanco is unaged and stored directly after distillation in stainless steel, hence not leaching any colors from the oak barrels. Reposado is aged up to a year and no less than 2 months in oak barrels. Anejo is more than a year but less than three in oak barrels. Gold tequila (like Cuervo) is still blanco but with added caramel or food coloring to change the look. The is also Extra Anejo which is longer than three years.

Tastes vary depending on the maker, type of oak barrels etc.
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and you had to go and get married to someone else...wtf?

I'm also a tequila snob...and yeah, a good Anejo is brilliant for sipping. Too good to do shots of. My favourite shooting tequila is a Tres Mujeres or Herradurra reposado. If I can't find either of those, Cabo Wabo reposado will do just fine.

For a fine sipper though, you have to go anejo and my personal preference in this side of the Rio Grande is Patron (overall quality is brilliant, and it's available at just about any liquor store...for 120 a bottle). If I have the opportunity to get my hands on something more rare, it's Lapis, Carralejo, or Casa Noble...probably the best tequila in the world

http://www.casanoble.com/anejo.aspx

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Imagine a tequila that has taken over fourteen years to produce. That is Casa Noble Añejo. Our most refined tequila, this exquisite tequila is matured in French White Oak barrels and extra aged to perfection and produced in limited production. Its deep golden tone has an exceptional bouquet and body that ranks among the finest distilled spirits in the world. Beautifully contained in artisan purple glass decanter.

Casa Noble Añejo begins as carefully selected Blue Agave plants, which have met our strict requirements for water and sugar content. Our agave plants are only harvested at full maturity and have spent twelve years in the ground absorbing the character of land. We employ only traditional methods and slow-cook our rich agave pinas for thirty-eight hours in stone ovens. Then, using only the core and hearts of the agaves, we extract their sweet nectar.
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Milagro Anejo is brilliant and is about 95 USD.
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If you go to the US, you can pick up a bottle of Patron for about 45-50 vs. 120 here. Awesome.

The plus of a nice Anejo from the south, some of the handblown glass bottles are incredible. The Milagro has the agave plant in the bottom as you can see. The light explodes through it....very beautiful.
 
blkngldbabe said:
Milagro Anejo is brilliant and is about 95 USD.
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If you go to the US, you can pick up a bottle of Patron for about 45-50 vs. 120 here. Awesome.

The plus of a nice Anejo from the south, some of the handblown glass bottles are incredible. The Milagro has the agave plant in the bottom as you can see. The light explodes through it....very beautiful.
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My major issue with Milagro is that it's a "label" and not from a tequilaria. Basically they purchase agave juice from producers instead of starting their production as a tequilaria does, with raw agave plants baked and turned into an agave mash. It allows a tequileria to control the quality of the agave and keeps their tequilas consistent. Milagro is terrible for being inconsistent in flavour from one batch to the next, because it's at the mercy of the quality of the agave juice currently on the market.

There are only about 50-75 tequilarias in the world, and about 5000 tequila labels...
 
TimHorton said:
Amen Volcy, Amen.
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I'll have you into sipping the good stuff at some point...your problem is that you over drank shit tequila years ago and blame all tequila, instead of yourself...and shit tequila.

Vallarta my brother, Vallarta, I'll set you straight.
 
It doesn't even taste good though. Even the premium shit like Patron and Cabo still tastes like someone shit in my mouth.

Maybe my one extremely bad experience has turned me off.

I compare to Jager. Everyone loves to shoot it but no one actually likes the taste
 
Jager is sugar, the flavour is all in the sugars. It's just shit.

Tequila is similar to scotch in presence. Same thing with scotch drinkers...either you are, or you aren't. But to a scotch drinker there is nothing better than a smooth single malt.

To a tequila drinker, a well aged anejo from an actual tequilaria is just beautiful.
 
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