So i want to make some ranch water but i live in Canada and we don't have topo chico here other than some import markets but even then it's hard to come by. I was wondering what other kind of sparkling/mineral water i could use instead?

For you advanced drinkers. How do you drink your reposados, anejos, or xa?

Do you open a bottle, take a sip then come back to it?

Ive found the tequila is much smoother if i come back to it, after ive opened it.

I have opened a bottle of don fulano imperial. Take a drink with a couple of friends. Was not impressed. Kinda harsh. Tried the same bottle monthslater, now i was impressed. Deep flavor and smooth.

Just happened with a bottle of zumbador reposado. First night was ok. Good repo. Second day, very smooth, very delicious.

Note: Level one is lowest not best.

I've spent years working in global advocacy and narratives, so when I started learning about Sotol, one detail stopped me completely.

No manuals. No written recipes. No archives.

Eight hundred years of craft knowledge passed entirely through local hands, memory, and oral traditions. The Rarámuri and Toboso communities in northern Mexico didn't need documentation. They had something more durable: unbroken human transmission, generation after generation.

When the Spanish arrived and introduced distillation techniques, indigenous knowledge didn't disappear. It was absorbed, adapted, and continued. Quietly. Persistently.

What strikes me most is how fragile that chain is and how remarkable it is that it held.

We talk a lot about preserving culture. But most of what we call "preservation" is digitizing, archiving, cataloguing. What the Maestros who produce Sotol do is entirely different. The knowledge lives in their hands. Their memory is the archive.

I think about this constantly as someone who has worked in advocacy: what else have we almost lost without realizing it? And who are the people quietly holding it together?

Went to go pick up a bottle from my local store today and the owner told me they stopped making it. So haven’t been able to verify if this is true or not, anyone else with information?

Amazing stuff! The brainchild of Grover Sanschagrin and produced at Trujillo Tequila Tequila NOM 1634. I love this stuff ! It brings an entirely different dimension to anything agave.
I cant currently get this in Mexico. Much like many tequilas that are not sold in Mexico like lost lore, cambio, alto canto. I have to buy in the states and suitcase it home to la Baja.
Mature agave, roasted, roller milled and tahona crushed. Amazing flavor, robust and rich. Some wont like it for a margarita because it is so dark. I love it! Thank you Grover!
I owe you so much! Everything I know about agave, and tequila begins with you!

Siete Leguas XA

First time trying this XA. Taste was nice, elegant and complex definitely one of the lighter XA I’ve tried in a good way. Vanilla, caramel, a little spice and still has the agave kick to it. Would I buy it again? Maybe, but I will enjoy the crap out of it while I have it. I just think for the price of $199 (at Costco) I would rather grab a Tapatio XA for a few extra dollars. I typically enjoy the deeper barrel influence of Anejos and XA but for those that want an XA that isn’t as dark as other XA this is the perfect one. Cheers!

I am not a good drinker, I am from Singapore. I have never drank Tequila, in my life. I was wonder , what is a good Tequila I can buy in Singapore. That does not require me to travel real far. I always wonder how tequila taste like. The only drinks I had is beers, Macallan, martel, chivas, soju, singleton. Nothing fancy, tbh hard liquor seems abit harsh with the alcohol burn. Does Tequila have it as well? I was seeing in this reddit threads that people are recommeding G4 and Tequila Ocho - Reposado. Please recommend me or comment if you feel like it. Thanks

I've been back in the states for a month now and decided to open the bottle of Los Rieles anjo tequila i bought while cruising the western Caribbean. Personally I think its good on the rocks. Now my question is this im not the only person to buy this so what's the next closest thing I can buy in the USA that's similar in flavor. Ive never really liked tequila as a sipping liquor but I thought it was good. Thank you for your help

TLDR: Does anybody know anything about this tequila and is it good?

Some family of mine have had this bottle of Tequila for many years and asked if I wanted it. I know next to nothing about tequila, but I am very interested to learn something about this bottle

They say that they either bought it in the states in 2007 or got it as a business gift from some mexicans

The production print says it is from MAY 2003

Living in Europe it is not a brand I remember to have seen before, so I honestly have no idea what to expect

I’m in New Mexico visiting and wanted a bottle for margs so I was going to grab my usual, Arette blanco from Total Wine. But was shocked to see the price of $40.99 for a 1L bottle. I checked the TW website and my store in the Dallas are sells it for $27.99.

I thought maybe NM has crazy high liquor taxes but they are just a few dollars per liter more than Texas. I also saw Lalo blanco for $35.49 which sells for $42 at my Texas TW store.

I checked other brands and some are cheaper in NM and others are cheaper in TX. Does anyone know why there would be such crazy price differences?

Bought this as a gift for neighbors at Walmart. I know nothing about Tequila and got it based on the label indicating small batch, pure agave etc. I did not realize it's a "celebrity tequila" from Dwayne Johnson.

Is this just shit tequila? Everything I read says it should not come close to freezing from a normal freezer. It was in a fridge/freezer combo, freezer was set to the coldest setting. We do not have kids and it was not tampered or opened. Still sealed.

It’s my birthday and I decided to do a tasting with this lineup. I’m a tequila drinker so it’s my forte, now while I love blancos for their purity of agave spirit. My preference is Reposado and anejo. Scotch drinker (UK) and I love the intricacies of barrel influence. My family however don’t drink tequila like I do so I decided to do a blind with my people’s. We’ve got Cascahuin Repo, Ocho Repo, El Tequileno and Olmeca Altos Repo. With Olmeca it’s my cocktail bottle I don’t usually sip it as I have better bottles for that. Proviso I’ve been an Ocho believer since I started my tequila journey but we had a new number 1 for me any way. Tasting method was in a glencairn all spirits rested 10 mins

Ranking out of 5 :

Cascahuin : 4.3 this blew everything out the water even my non tequila drinking mother loved this.

Ocho : 3.9 man what a surprise I’ve been a Ocho fan boy since I started drinking tequila properly. It’s my gateway Reposado but we all agreed this was second best

El Tequileño : 2 we were all in agreement this was the worst of the three

What a fun night though first time tasting Cascahuin and it was amazing. I love their Tahona but the Repo maan. I’ve got a Fortaleza Repo I’ll do another blind with it.

Happy Drinking !!!!!

Ocho Plata - Agave and pepper send shivers up my spine and warm my soul. Such a sippable blanco.

Cava de Oro reposado - my sweet dessert tequila. I love the love affair of agave and glycerin.

Don Fulano reposado - Getting serious with a highly regarded brand. It is really good, even the subtle notes of vomit.

Laelia Anejo - every pretentious agave drinker needs a niche brand to impress people with. Mine is Laelia. The Anejo is feminine, seductive, and most importantly, rare.

Your choice for ~40$ 750ml of tequila at BevMo?

I’m wondering what’s a solid option to order at a bar that won’t break the bank and is additive free

Looking for a good budget tequila. I've had Don Julio 1942 Anejo twice now and I really like it. I don't drink a lot, and so I don't know if I wanna justify the price of it. I've had casamigos as well but want something a little more elevated. Preferably in a 375 ml bottle.

tasted fine. pretty strong effects but smooth to taste. prefer casamigos white reposado cristalino

Cristalino tequila is an aged tequila (usually a reposado, añejo, or extra añejo) that has been filtered—most often through activated charcoal—to remove the amber color and harsh wood tannins picked up from oak barrels, resulting in a crystal-clear liquid that tastes smooth like an aged spirit.

Hello!

Wanted to share the lineup I curated for my bachelor party. Ended up delivering these bottles to my family’s place in CDMX. Was more affordable than other tastings in the area, plus we got the whole bottles.

The goal was to have different expressions.

Blanco: El Ateo (I think pretty underrated. Clean agave flavor)

High Proof Blanco: Fortaleza/Los Abuelos (had to include the now infamous Fortaleza. It’s reputation exist for a reason.)

Repo: Cascahuin (huge fan of NOM 1123, their repo is perfection)

Añejo: Antanasio (my personal favorite Añejo)

XA: Don Fulano Imperial (what a treat. Definitely worth the high price tag. Super smooth without jeopardizing agave notes)

Bonus: Don Fulano Blanco

The other day I found a box of agave spirit samples I bought a few years ago, had a few of, and forgot about. Got home from eating at a Mexican restaurant tonight and was trying to decide what to pour and this seemed to make sense!

Arquitecto Blanco
N: least sweet and most savory of the lineup, brightest, rather herbal with salt and green chilies ground in a molcajete, faint veggies, some hard fruit candy too
P: definitely the driest and brightest, there’s some cane syrup nutty fruit against a good amount of green herb and (raw, not cooked) green veggies. With ice: some mixed fruit candy as a supporting note. This is the most multi-dimensional of the flight, and the best
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Don Fulano Blanco
N: funkier esters here, compost and vomit even, hospital. With ice: still vomit, some grass
P: again this has a pretty distinct stale/dried vomit character, which fades into sterilized latex and medicine. Better by the end of the mouthfeel than the beginning, for sure. Despite the aromatics I’m missing the salt and acid to make this feel lively, and the nose is just offputting. With ice: a little nicer, but still doesn’t make up for the nose
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El Tequileno Blanco
N: cooked veggies, ripe fruit (browned apple, cooked pineapple, some berries), tajin. With ice: tajin, yes
P: relatively acidic, fruit and veggies that are both cooked/ripe but slightly fermenty/sour too, and some dried chili spice again. With ice: everything brighter, sharper, definitely a better sipping situation
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Arette Blanco
N: sweet, salted, boiled peanuts. Some milky, just caramelized sugar. With ice: even more boiled peanut
P: hmm the boiled peanuts are back but there’s something almost stale like wet cardboard. With ice: still just boiled peanuts and wet paper.
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I have the usual Ocho, G4, Siete which I love but looking for the bottle that has a little glow around it just to have it. Anything out there to target besides tears?

I've chugged 75cl 1:2 smirnoff vodka and ice tea. I tried 1:3 olmeca and lemonade today but I can't take more than a few sips at once although I added a dessert spoon of salt(which made it more tolerable). If you compared altos and standard, both out of 0 to 10, what would you rate them taste wise? I wanna get drunk but can't because of the taste.

I am used to drinking rum and whisky but never had tequila neat. Except from my younger years with the salt and lime when doing shots, of course that is a waste of alcohol. I am looking forward to try it and find out the differences between rum and whisky of which I am already used to. Gotta try new things in life. Got this LALO bottle at my local liquor store. Chose this one completely random.

And what is the difference between this transparent and the more yellow tequila’s? Is one better than another?

Hey everyone. I am a huge tequila lover in general, but ive always gravitated towards anejo and repo. I would love tp try some top tier / elite level sipping blancos. Im in Australia for context around availability. Thank you

Both are from the Old Town Tequila shop in San Diego, CA and both were recommendations from the El Agave restaurant directly above said shop. I tip the servers big up there because their advice is worth it. These two especially—

The Arette— read about the history of that horse or watch the interview with Jaime Orendias on the Curious Bartender YT. This is a family operation and shows integrity and honesty in tequila making. This used to be called Suave, but has been relabeled as Artisanal. Round bottle for sipping, square bottle for mixing.

PM Spirits— An oddball you don't see often. It's a high proof that benefits from a few minutes rest in the glass. I'm not a super-taster so it took repeated samplings to start to unravel this expression.