With Summer on its way in it is once again time for refreshingly delicious Mexican fare… including MARGARITAS!!!
Now my sole use for tequila is blended Margaritas (fresh lime - sometimes orange, triple sec, and lots of ice), so spending a lot on a Blanco tequila has never seemed all that necessary.
Hmmmm. I’m not a tequila aficionado by any means and only mix it in margaritas and bloody marias, so I go for price I guess. Now that I’ve seen that review I DO recall tasting lots of alcohol with it. Have to check out some others. Just hate spending much more to mix it.
Me too. I am almost embarrassed to admit I have used Cuervo Silver to do margaritas. While it is not even real tequila, they have some tricks (sugar cane, etc.) that works pretty well in a blended margarita. Just looking for something better, and what I’ve tried so far has been disappointing.
My brother luvs tequila, does it straight, and I have spent hundreds sending him fine Anejos and Cristalinos for birthdays/holidays… but they’re way over the top for a margarita, maria, or sunrise… hence this post. (c;
My favorite was Olmeca Altos but they raised the price so much my liquor store quite stocking it. I switched to Camarena, California price should be around $36 for a 1.75L.
I don’t remember what I paid for this bottle, but now it appears to be between $13-$16. Every once in a while I feel like a shot of tequila, so I keep some in the house.
I can not afford to much Patron but it is the only tequila I have tried that made the top half of this list. And it was good but not great.
But it seems that I drink bad tequila when I drink tequila. Probably why I drink so little of it…
I never liked Jose, but I have drunk a few shots from Sauza, Jimador, Hornitos and 1800 occcasionally, but only the 1800 was a decent shot. Not sure which type of 1800 though. I only thought there was one.
I recently got the 1.75 liter Kirkland silver from Costco for cocktails. Strangely they had 2 different versions, one in a more squat bottle and one in a taller bottle that was about $5 more, but I couldn’t tell from the labels what the difference was between the two.