Comments on: drinking: home bar basics - tequila http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/ Advice for a generation of men raised by women Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:18:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: cash http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-3094 cash Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:16:13 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-3094 Good points Bongo to be sure. A humorous take on this very topic can be found at drunkard.com. Well, it can't be found right now because I don't have time, but found it shall be.. later :) Good points Bongo to be sure. A humorous take on this very topic can be found at drunkard.com. Well, it can’t be found right now because I don’t have time, but found it shall be.. later :)

]]> By: Bongo http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-3081 Bongo Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:58:28 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-3081 As with many comments on tequila, this posting ignorse the considerable virtues of good blancos--not including any under the suggestions, and dismissing them as useful only for "mixed drinks such as Margaritas". Of course, margaritas (at least when done properly) shouldn't be lumped in with other mixed drinks. In a typical mixed drink, the ingredients are intended to blend together into a hybrid taste. On the other hand, a good margarita is a vehicle to appreciate the features of the underlying tequila--sharp peppery, grassy notes that are largely eliminated by the time a tequlia has aged (even to the extent of a reposado). Cash may not like Patron, but I find their blanco to be excellent for mararitas--as is Cabo Wabo and Gran Centenario. A margarita is blanco tequila, lime juice, and a tiny dash of something sweet, like triple sec or Cointreau, on the rocks, and salt on the rim if you like. (My previous comments on this topic at http://www.urbanmonarch.com/the-best-tequila-reader-survey/#comments). Bongo As with many comments on tequila, this posting ignorse the considerable virtues of good blancos–not including any under the suggestions, and dismissing them as useful only for “mixed drinks such as Margaritas”.

Of course, margaritas (at least when done properly) shouldn’t be lumped in with other mixed drinks.

In a typical mixed drink, the ingredients are intended to blend together into a hybrid taste.

On the other hand, a good margarita is a vehicle to appreciate the features of the underlying tequila–sharp peppery, grassy notes that are largely eliminated by the time a tequlia has aged (even to the extent of a reposado).

Cash may not like Patron, but I find their blanco to be excellent for mararitas–as is Cabo Wabo and Gran Centenario.

A margarita is blanco tequila, lime juice, and a tiny dash of something sweet, like triple sec or Cointreau, on the rocks, and salt on the rim if you like.

(My previous comments on this topic at http://www.urbanmonarch.com/the-best-tequila-reader-survey/#comments).

Bongo

]]> By: Greg http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-2944 Greg Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:34:38 +0000 http://www.urbanmonarch.com/drinking-home-bar-basics-tequila/#comment-2944 Reposados are a good place to start having enough agave to still taste like tequila but old enough to not be too bright. I am fond of espolon's reposado at around $35-40 a 750ml. Also check this site for good reviews of tequila: <a href="http://www.pocotequila.com/" rel="nofollow">Poco Tequila</a>. Reposados are a good place to start having enough agave to still taste like tequila but old enough to not be too bright. I am fond of espolon’s reposado at around $35-40 a 750ml.

Also check this site for good reviews of tequila: Poco Tequila.

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