# What's the name of a really good tequila? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852 "2011-11-23T05:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/41 "2011-11-26T22:12:07Z")
> [@BlueKangaroo](#): > > That one in the gorgeous white & blue ceramic bottle. I’ve got some of that. It’s good booze, but you’re mainly paying for the fancy packaging. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/42 "2011-11-27T00:10:14Z")
Herradura, Hacienda del Cristero, or as **pulykamell** has mentioned, El Jimador are really nice tequilas. It’s the amount of distilled agave that gives the depth and smoothness of taste. A minimum of 51% is what it takes to legally be tequila; so for volume, the rest can be made up of a cheaper cane spirit. This is the difference between a mixto, and 100 per cent agave - where in Mexico, it is said that 10 years of Mexican sunshine awaits in every drop. Herradura reposado is a really nice sipping tequila that still lets you excel at the Mexican Hat Dance vertically and horizontally. Olé! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/43 "2011-11-27T00:23:45Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > When I toured and tasted at a tequila distillery in Puerto Vallarta a few years back, our guide said that blanco is what you serve your friends; reposado is what you serve your family; and anejo is what you drink yourself. As I once heard someone say (here maybe), referring to anejo tequila…if I want to taste the barrel…I’ll drink whiskey. Obviously, it all comes down to taste. I’d rather have a blanco then a anejo, for the same reason that I don’t drink whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Paulj1989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Paulj1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paulj1989)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/44 "2011-11-27T02:01:58Z")
Any chance anyone can recommend a good tequila I can acquire in England for a reasonable price? Shipping over from America just doesn’t make me thirsty. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/45 "2011-11-28T23:46:59Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’ve got some of that. It’s good booze, but you’re mainly paying for the fancy packaging. I can believe that. I have no idea what it costs, as I’ve never purchased it. I did enjoy it the time I had it. Another tequila I like, but isn’t terribly pricey, is Arette. I bought Semental & Frida Kahlo tequilas once, when they were on sale in a local store. I thought they were decent, but have mostly become my mixers, as I wasn’t a huge fan of either straight. Personally, I tend to like reposado tequilas the best, though the Casa Noble blanco was quite nice. Back when we just started dating, my now-husband’s parents sent him a bottle of Corazon blanco. Also decent, but not my favorite. Any of the names in the thread ring a bell for you, **Canvas Shoes**? ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/46 "2011-11-29T01:34:26Z")
Jose Cuervo Reservada Anejo. Awesome sipping tequila. In the states it cost me $120, but it was $80 at the Cancun airport. Only bring it out on special occaisions, lasts just about a year. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/47 "2011-12-03T06:00:19Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > My basic margarita tequila was Jose Silver. The Gold doesn’t work as well. Ahh, the memories… > > I have never been drunk on tequila, but I have been bat-shit crazy. I just remembered that it was Herradura Silver, not Jose Cuervo. :smack: Forgive me - it has been twenty-plus years since I regularly made margaritas. (BTW, fresh-squeezed limes and Triple Sec are the other ingredients. On the rocks, no salt.) Jose Gold shots, with or without salt and lime, was the stuff I got crazy on. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/48 "2011-12-03T06:05:18Z")
I disagree with posters saying the tequilla doesn’t matter in a margarita. Patron tastes better straight, on the rocks, or in a margarita than lower quality tequilla. The best part is that patron doesn’t cost very much more compared to more inferior brands like Jose Cuervo. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/49 "2011-12-03T17:33:50Z")
I agree that a margarita made with a higher quality tequila is a better-tasting margarita, however I would also say that you can get away with using a lower quality tequila in a margarita and still have a good-tasting margarita. So yes, it matters, but it doesn’t matter as much as if you’re drinking the tequila straight. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852/50 "2011-12-05T23:56:07Z")
El Tesoro anejo always works for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-a-really-good-tequila/603852.md?page=2)