DdB
Barrel Filler
Posts:1452
 | | 07/06/2003 8:07 PM |
| Warm weather, fresh limes, tequila. Sound about right to anyone else?
My fav of the moment: Patron.
Also like Zaffarancho.
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mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 07/06/2003 8:39 PM |
| My answer is "none"! Have not had tequila since 1982....Ensenada...23 years old.....Baja 500....hot desert......can not stand the smell of it to this day.....what a cure!  | | | |
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11834
| | 07/06/2003 8:46 PM |
| mm,
Me too.
The year - 1971.
The place - Waegwan, Korea (Camp Carroll Depot).
The occasion - Tuesday!
The culprit - Cuervo Gold - lots of salt and lemons.
The result - woke up on the john at 5AM. Had no idea when/how I got there.
The follow-up. 8AM was my promotion board interview. Survived, but barely.
Haven't touched the stuff since!!!!!  | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15711
| | 07/06/2003 9:46 PM |
| Heradura.
There are quit a few small batch tequilas out there and I have lided many of them.
I used to shot the stuff but know I drink (and nose) it very slowly out of a snifter like brandy. I like it better than brandy. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 07/06/2003 10:39 PM |
| | I don't know much about Tequila, but it's better in a Bloody Mary than Vodka, imo. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5169
| | 07/06/2003 11:11 PM |
| patron anejo is a great standby tequila. but i agree, all it takes is one bad experience with tequila and it will ruin you for life!
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12352
| | 07/07/2003 12:29 AM |
| | I am not a fan either. But, a friend took me to a wine/liquor show for distributors. There I had some 40 year old Tequila. Very nice bottle. It cost about $500.00. Very good stuff. If I did not know that it was Tequila, I would never guess. | | | |
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Mick Zack
Grape Fermenter
Posts:601
| | 07/07/2003 2:36 AM |
| Cabo Wabo....think I actually bent time drinking that once....   | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 07/07/2003 3:22 AM |
| | Anybody eat the worm? | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15711
| | 07/07/2003 3:59 AM |
| Tequila Myth #1: There's a worm in tequila.
There is no worm in Mexican-bottled tequila. Yes, some American-bottled brand(s) put one in their bottle to impress the gringos and boost sales, but it's only a marketing ploy and not a Mexican tradition. There is a worm - called a gusano, properly a butterfly caterpillar (Hipopta Agavis) - in some types of mezcal (but not all). You may also get a small bag of 'worm salt' - dried gusano, salt and chile powder tied to a mezcal bottle.
The worm-in-the-bottle myth is old and tired. The truth has been broadcast and expounded for years by the cognoscenti of tequila, in newspapers, magazines and on the Net. There should be no need to defend tequila; we should not have to dispel this myth further. It is merely an urban legend.
Is the worm even a traditional element in mezcal production? Not according to Del Maguey Mezcal producers: they say it's a recent development, a marketing ploy that appeared only in the 1940s to try and get more attention on mezcal - and they should know. It's worth reading their story at:www.mezcal.com/worms.html .
There are two types of gusano in mezcal: the red (gusano rojo - considered superior because it lives in the root and heart of the maguey) and the less-prized white or gold (gusano de oro), which lives on the leaves. The red gusano turns pale in the mezcal, the gold turns ashen-grey. Both larvae are commonly eaten as food and are sold in Zapotec markets.
Yes, you're supposed to eat the worm in mezcal. Don't worry: it's quite well pickled and free of pesticides (they're often raised just for use in mezcal, cooked and pickled in alcohol for a year). But dispel any idea it has any magical or psychotropic properties, that it's an aphrodisiac or the key to an 'unseen world.' It's merely protein and alcohol - but it's very rich in imagery.
From:http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/
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DdB
Barrel Filler
Posts:1452
| | 07/07/2003 4:00 AM |
| MudPuppy - I know exactly what you mean...and Sammy Hagar would be proud!
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5169
| | 07/07/2003 4:32 AM |
| | correct david, unless you SNORT the worm... | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 07/07/2003 12:33 PM |
| | Well, I don't place any importance on the role of the worm. I just wanted to know if anybody here actually ate one. | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12352
| | 07/07/2003 12:35 PM |
| | I have seen bottles with the worm. Never did. Friends in college did. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13660
| | 07/07/2003 12:36 PM |
| | Maybe some folks have, Board-o, on that silly reality series 'Fear Factor'... | |
www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12003
| | 07/07/2003 12:52 PM |
| | I've eaten the worm from a bottle of Mezcal along with the last swig from the bottle. Bit it in half just like you see in the movies. | |
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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Tim
Barrel Filler
Posts:1465
| | 07/07/2003 4:55 PM |
| Oh, I the uncultured one...I actually like, just plain old Jose Cuervo, now don't get me wrong, the high end tequilas are wonderful, but I actually like the bite of common fare and can't stand margaritas made with Padron or Cabo cause you can't taste no danged tequila! Funny, I've had a number of rough experinces with tequila and while there are about a half dozen hard liquors I gak at the smell of because of youthful nights, I still love tequila. I have yet to see an alcoholic beverage with a consistantly stronger panty repellent ingredient. 
Insert Jose Cuervo, panties disappear... of course sometimes they disappear because of all that vomit...  | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5169
| | 07/07/2003 5:25 PM |
| shouldn't the panties disappear before you insert anything?  | | | |
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11834
| | 07/07/2003 6:44 PM |
| Ouch!  | | | |
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Tim
Barrel Filler
Posts:1465
| | 07/07/2003 8:39 PM |
| Sorry for bringing this thread right to the slums, but it is Tequila right?
I wonder Tbird, if that's maybe why I'm still single???  | | | |
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