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An Exploration of Tequila and Mezcal
Tequila and Mezcal Tasting After getting some really positive feedback on our piece exploring the world of Cognac, I thought I’d do something similar with Tequila and Mezcal. Like cognac, tequila...
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Top 5 Tequila and Mezcal for Cinco de Mayo
We had such great feedback for our Top 10 Irish Whiskeys for St. Patrick’s Day piece that we decided to do something similar for Cinco de Mayo. After tasting over 20 different tequilas and mezcals,...
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Entourage’s Tequila Avion is Real and We Have a Review
Tequila Avion and Entourage In what may be the best product tie-in since the Wonka Bar and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Tequila Avion has transcended beyond product placement into a major plot...
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Asombroso Tequila Review
Asombroso La Rosa Reposado Tequila It’s amazing how much growth we’re seeing in the tequila market, with expanded offerings outside the traditional Blanco, Reposado and Anejo (read our exploration of...
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Patrón Goes Green
Patron Goes Green In this era of “Green is In” and corporations like Walmart ‘greenwashing’, you’d expect one of the biggest players in the tequila space to trumpet their environmental efforts on every...
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Corrido Tequila Review
Corrido Cristalino Blanco Tequila The tequila market is pretty crowded, which tends to push distillers to try new things to help make their product unique and stand out from the pack. Corrido Tequila...
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Don Julio Tequila Review
Don Julio Tequila In many ways it’s a heavy burden for a master distiller to work on a legendary spirit line. That task is even harder when that line is named after a real person who is still alive and...
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Peligroso Anejo Tequila Review
Peligroso Anejo Tequila You can tell from the bottle that Peligroso Anejo Tequila isn’t like other tequilas. The striking solid black bottle with embossed angelic snake is distinctly different....
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Patron XO Cafe Dark Cocoa Review
Patron XO Cafe Dark Cocoa We’ve been longtime fans of Patron XO Cafe, a tequila and coffee liquor which costs literally half the price of Patron Silver Tequila. Patron XO isn’t extremely well known and...
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Z Tequila Review
Z Tequila - Blanco, Reposado, and Anejo At Drink Spirits we taste a ton of spirits – many of them good, some of them bad, and a select few that really really impress us. Z Tequila was one of those rare...
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Yeyo Ultra Premium Silver Tequila
Yeyo Tequila After a bender trip in Mexico after high school I swore off drinking any and all tequila. In the late 80′s and early 90′s that probably wasn’t a bad thing to do (the big selling point of...
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Review: George Clooney and Casamigos Tequila
George Clooney’s Casamigos Tequila There have been a great number of celebrities who have tried their hand at the spirit game, from P. Ditty and Ciroc Vodka to Toby Keith and his Wild Shot Mezcal....
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How Tequila is Made: Behind the Scenes of Don Julio Tequila
Behind the Scenes of Don Julio Don Julio Tequila is a tequila company navigating through change. After celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2011 (and releasing the very successful Don Julio 70, an...
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Review: Avion Espresso Liqueur
Tequila Avion Espresso Liqueur Innovation has been a significant driver in the spirits industry this year. For tequila, in terms of innovation, there are far fewer tools in the toolkit than vodka or...
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Top 5 Tequilas You Should Be Drinking For Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is the official kick off of tequila season and an excellent time to broaden your horizons and try some new tequilas. We have nothing against some of the major tequila companies: Patron...
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Review: Expresiones del Corazon Tequila – George T. Stagg, Sazerac Rye, and...
Expressions del Corazon Corazon Tequila is part of the Gemini Spirits & Wine Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sazerac, makers of Buffalo Trace, George T. Stagg, Sazerac Rye, and the...
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Review: Casa Dragones Ultra Premium Tequila
Casa Dragones Ultra Premium Tequila It used to be impossible to find good tequila in the United States, and the word ‘premium’ was never associated with the category. Many of the early tequilas in the...
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Review: Tequila Avion – The Next Great Premium Tequila
Tequila Avion To dismiss Tequila Avion as the “Entourage tequila” would be a huge mistake. Although the tequila was the centerpiece of the final seasons of the hit HBO show, Tequila Avion is much more...
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Review: Clase Azul Ultra Premium Tequila
Clase Azul Tequila When a spirits company labels something as ultra-premium, odds are what they really mean is “expensive”. There is no real standard on what can be labeled ultra-premium, and not all...
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Review: Tequila Avion Reserva 44
Tequila Avion Reserva 44 Extra Anejo Tequila This year we’ve seen some great expansion in the ultra-premium space with a wide range of American and Scotch whiskey products aimed at the top tier of...
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