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Continue reading →: Sharing Bottles – What Spirits Are All About & (Trying) to Emulate Positive Influences in Your LifeOne of my very few fond memories related to faculty from the university where I completed my PhD is of one of the few professors worth remembering from that period of my life making themself available to their students every Friday at the end of the day at a “resto-bar”…
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Continue reading →: New Bottle Highlight Series: Tequila Ocho Reposado Barrel Proof – Las Raíces (2024 field)Produced at distillery Tequilera Los Alambiques (NOM 1474) in Arandas, Jalisco, by master distiller Carlos Camarena, Tequila Ocho Reposado Barrel Proof – Las Raíces is made from 7-10-year-old Blue Weber agave which is cooked in stone/brick ovens (hornos) for 48 hours including a 24 hour cooling down period. The aguamiel…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: My 1st Bottle of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyThis is my first bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon. One of the flagship American whiskies produced by the Buffalo Trace Distillery, Buffalo Trace Bourbon is made from an undisclosed mash bill thought to be the distillery’s “Mash Bill #1” with less than 10% rye alongside the corn and malted barley. …
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Continue reading →: New Bottle Highlight Series: Completing My Cierto Tequila Lineup – Cierto Extra AñejoI’ve been waiting to get this bottle for quite a long time and this weekend decided to just go for it – this beautiful extra añejo completes my Cierto Private Collection series tequila lineup joining the brand’s blanco, reposado, and añejo. Produced by renowned master distiller Enrique Fonseca, a legend…
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Continue reading →: New Bottle Highlight Series: G4 Clasico ReposadoThe G4 Clasico Blanco and Reposado are limited special releases from master distiller Felipe Camarena and his distillery, El Pandillo (NOM 1579) in Jesús María in the Jalisco Highlands (Los Altos). There are 2,016 cases (6 bottles per case for a total of 12,096 bottles) of each expression released to…
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Continue reading →: New Bottle Highlight Series: G4 Añejo TequilaI’ve had this bottle (and a couple reserves) since before New Year’s Day but have just cracked open one of them to share with my graduate student cohort. This bottle is from lote (lot/batch) #LG0009AE and was bottled on Halloween 2024. Produced by master distiller Felipe Camarena at his distillery…
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Continue reading →: New Bottle Highlight Series: Lágrimas Del Valle – Palo Verde (2022) Plata TequilaI’ve had this bottle for quite a while and am just cracking it open as I try to control how many open bottles I have at any one time – and the number is growing because I’m just curious to try new things, especially agave spirits. The brainchild of Altamar…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Mijenta Symphony Series No. 2 Reposado TequilaOverseen by master distiller Ana María Romero Mena and produced at distillery Casa Tequilera de Arandas (NOM 1499) in Arandas, Jalisco, the Mijenta Symphony Series No. 2 is made using fully mature Blue Weber agave cooked in low pressure autoclaves. The aguamiel is extracted using a roller mill and is…
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Continue reading →: Gins: A New Spirits ExperiencePresently, as I wrote about HERE, I’m trying (and succeeding) to get some folks I know to expand their experiences with well-made tequilas and one of them is a gin connoisseur and as quid pro quo I am trying more gins, a spirit that I have very little prior experience…
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Continue reading →: SHORT REVIEW: Patrón Añejo Tequila – VA ABC Barrel Select (Barrel #46)Patrón (NOM 1492) is one of the top three best-selling tequila brands in the world, moving millions of cases annually. This añejo is a Virginia ABC single barrel. Unlike the brand’s regular añejo, this one is not a blend of tequilas from four different barrels (American White, French, and Hungarian…
Documenting my journey into agave spirits along with a smattering of other spirits after many, many years away – This blog is meant to take note of this journey including tasting notes, bottle photography, and other related topics.
Agave Spirits+ Journey 