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Originally Posted By justsayin: So long as we keep it on track, a stuck review thread should be no problem. That thread was before the blackmail......um, my tenure. I would be a willing participant on a weekly basis at the very least. |
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Originally Posted By Bakke1:
I think I sent you an IM? My internet was acting weird. I would be a willing participant on a weekly basis at the very least. 
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: Now don't let any mezcaleros hear you say that.  they are super adamant that mezcal always be sipped neat out of a wide mouth glass. I'm glad you enjoyed it! |
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Originally Posted By unsub073: Mental note taken. As far as a mixer goes, could you replace the tequila with this and make a margarita or are they better uses of it as a mixer? |
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: Mezcal is great in margaritas. Especially bottles with big smokey flavor. A cocktail I like to make is that I'll grill some fresh pineapple until it good and charred. Then I muddle it with pink peppercorns. Then add in honey and hot water to make a really great simple syrup. Then I use 2oz mezcal, 1oz lime juice,1.5oz pineapple juice, .5oz orange curacao, and the pineapple simple syrup to taste. |
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: How do you like it? As someone that loves Glencairns it took me a while to learn that they aren't the best glass for enjoying agave. Try the same mezcal out of a small bowl and tell me if you tatse the different. I'll try to pin down some flavor profiles. My palate is pretty primitive, so it takes more practice. 
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: Mezcal is great in margaritas. Especially bottles with big smokey flavor. A cocktail I like to make is that I'll grill some fresh pineapple until it good and charred. Then I muddle it with pink peppercorns. Then add in honey and hot water to make a really great simple syrup. Then I use 2oz mezcal, 1oz lime juice,1.5oz pineapple juice, .5oz orange curacao, and the pineapple simple syrup to taste. You know your ingredients. So...why pink peppercorns? I know this is sorta crossing the line into cooking, and I know they're not true peppercorns. (and very different from true peppercorns)..but you have a reason for choosing what you choose, so can you elaborate? |
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: @WOAFP You know your ingredients. So...why pink peppercorns? I know this is sorta crossing the line into cooking, and I know they're not true peppercorns. (and very different from true peppercorns)..but you have a reason for choosing what you choose, so can you elaborate? |
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@WOAFP where did you find that ceramic bowl that you drink yours from? Any input on the Del Maguey Vida? My local store has is for $35 and it seems worth a shot for that price. |
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Originally Posted By Bakke1:
@WOAFP where did you find that ceramic bowl that you drink yours from? Any input on the Del Maguey Vida? My local store has is for $35 and it seems worth a shot for that price. I bought mine from a ceramics artist in Colorado who goes by copitasdemezcal on etsy. other traditional way is dried bowls made from hollowed out gourds called jicara, these can usually be found very cheap. The Del Maguey Vida is a great standard mezcal. A lot of people refer to it as the bottle that gets them into mezcal to start with. It's not mind blowing, but is a really enjoyable bottle. |
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A great article in Wine enthusiast.
https://www.winemag.com/2019/08/27/difference-mezcal-vs-tequila/ |
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: @Kitties-with-Sigs with this case it's more about what pink peppercorns don't have than what they do. The pineapple hides any subtle resin/pine notes to the pink peppercorns, but it can't hide the dry, dusty, over the top flavor of black peppercorn. So when you muddle the pink into the recipe, you are able to get some peppery spice and some of the zest flavor from the pink peppercorns without bringing in any bitterness or overpowering flavor. The rest of the choice is cosmetic, as the black peppercorn tends to show through any cocktail even after straining off the syrups I've tried to make with it. |
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Originally Posted By WOAFP:
An ancestral tobala for tonight https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/349595/20190829_190822-1071748.jpg 
And that is a beautiful bottle. I can have only a little of anything clear, but you make me want to try that. 
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A bit smoother than the Marcanegra, almost tasting a bit of honey? |
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Originally Posted By justsayin:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135145/mezcal_2-1087983.jpg A bit smoother than the Marcanegra, almost tasting a bit of honey?
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Originally Posted By Bakke1: Throw it in the review thread! I’ll do the same this time next week |
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Nice hydrangea.
And that is a beautiful bottle. I can have only a little of anything clear, but you make me want to try that. Mezcal......I'm starting to dig it. |
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Originally Posted By justsayin: I have to say, Tequila and myself had a pretty rocky end to our relationship. Mezcal......I'm starting to dig it. |
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Stopped at a store in Cozumel.
Wasn't familiar with any of the Artesnal offerings but the clerk recommended this one and it seemed to have decent reviews. The set was very reasonable, and I'd been curious about a Pechuga. 
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Originally Posted By WOAFP: How far are you from the lexington area? We can correct this behavior
I'm in the Bowling Green area. Get up to Lexington maybe a couple of times a year, nowadays. Used to be through there more often (used to drive to Charleston, WV every couple of months for business) but no longer do that. I want to come up there, though, to see an old house rehab by one of the Homestead/Farm/Garden members. He is redoing the original Rev. Elijah Craig house, which I think is WAY too cool. (I'm an old house enthusiast.) |
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Originally Posted By justsayin:
Stopped at a store in Cozumel. Wasn't familiar with any of the Artesnal offerings but the clerk recommended this one and it seemed to have decent reviews. The set was very reasonable, and I'd been curious about a Pechuga. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135145/20191107_215946-1152929.jpg
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Originally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Vacation???
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Originally Posted By justsayin:
Stopped at a store in Cozumel. Wasn't familiar with any of the Artesnal offerings but the clerk recommended this one and it seemed to have decent reviews. The set was very reasonable, and I'd been curious about a Pechuga. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135145/20191107_215946-1152929.jpg |
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Originally Posted By justsayin:
Stopped at a store in Cozumel. Wasn't familiar with any of the Artesnal offerings but the clerk recommended this one and it seemed to have decent reviews. The set was very reasonable, and I'd been curious about a Pechuga. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135145/20191107_215946-1152929.jpg I saw one of these at the store and was debating on picking one up. There is a tequila shop here in town that has tastings. I need to get in there and see what they have. Haven't seen any Bozal yet down here. I haven't been looking hard though. Been busy fishing. |
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Originally Posted By bigborehound: Have you reviewed this yet? I saw one of these at the store and was debating on picking one up. There is a tequila shop here in town that has tastings. I need to get in there and see what they have. Haven't seen any Bozal yet down here. I haven't been looking hard though. Been busy fishing. Most of my drinking has been open standbys. I'm really not that heavy of a drinker, I just like having a selection.... I'll try to crack one or the other this weekend. ETA: Review posted, broke open the Pechuga. |
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Currently have a bottle of Casa Dragones in the cabinet, no complaints.
But - was at a Christmas party the other day, and tried a new tequila I hadn't seen before, was pretty good, Tanteo. Supposed to be available in my area around February. 
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Tanteo is made at NOM 1551. If you want to try other things made with the same plants at the same facility you have a pretty big list of bottles. http://www.tequila.net/advanced-tequila-search/tag/tnom/1551/ |
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Originally Posted By samuse: @Bakke1 I had a bottle of the Don Julio in Buccanans and it was real good.  I’m waiting to be around some spirit savvy folk again to give it a go.
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Originally Posted By justsayin:
Stopped at a store in Cozumel. Wasn't familiar with any of the Artesnal offerings but the clerk recommended this one and it seemed to have decent reviews. The set was very reasonable, and I'd been curious about a Pechuga. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135145/20191107_215946-1152929.jpg 
It's amazingly smooth and the smokiness is super strong. I might have a new favorite drink! I'm definitely going to get some worm salt and oranges to try it as a traditional pairing. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By RayFromJersey:
I'm entirely new to mezcal and I just got a bottle of the Montelobos today... I'm sipping on some as I type this....
It's amazingly smooth and the smokiness is super strong. I might have a new favorite drink! I'm definitely going to get some worm salt and oranges to try it as a traditional pairing. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/394169/5810097B-C0F5-418E-ADA3-75D2868CF50A_jpe-1304887.JPG |
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On a recent visit to Spec's, I asked for their opinion on the smoothest Mezcal.
Their best suggestion was to try Donaji. Any thoughts or opinions here? Thanks! |
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Originally Posted By rx4spd:
On a recent visit to Spec's, I asked for their opinion on the smoothest Mezcal. Their best suggestion was to try Donaji. Any thoughts or opinions here? Thanks! Sorry to bug you, but I was wondering what you thought of the suggestion above? I'll be heading to the store in the next day or so, and I was going to pick up a bottle of the Fortaleza Blanco that you mentioned on the first page and a Mezcal. Basically, what do you think is the smoothest Mezcal for someone who finds most spirits to be harsh. I'd like to keep the selection below $50 in case it doesn't work out. Maybe next time I'm through your area on my way to W.Va., we can shoot a game of pool and try to educate me on some of your favorites - pool lessons for spirit lessons. Thanks in advance! |
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Hey, sorry I didn't see this before! Spirits, smoothness, and the harshness of alcohol burn are always a tough question. Fun little science conversation below but I promise I'm going somewhere with this. Alcohol interacts with a set of of sensory cells in your mouth and throat called VR1. VR1 receptors are basically the things that are there to keep you from hurting yourself with burning food. They naturally trigger and let your brain know something is warmer than you at about 110 degrees. Alcohol, lowers this to below 94 degrees, and actually convinces these receptors that your body temperature is burning hot. That's why most of us will discuss alcohol as a burn and alcohols that don't activate these receptors people will call smooth. So, the reason I put that is to preface that the smoothest of alcohols are like that because they have so drastically lowered the alcohol percentage. While lowering the alcohol percentage you also lower the amount of the fatty lipids that are stored in the ethanol that carry the flavor influences from whatever you are distilling. This is where you see the big difference when you hear people reviewing alcohol and talking about all of those flavor notes. It's actually chemicals stored in fatty chains that get suspended in the ethanol. So now to which ones I recommend. The smoothest of tequilas I know is the dobel diamante, and the donaji you mention is going to fall in that category for mezcal. They are both distilled to a pretty high percentage and then brought down to proof with a lot of water which leaves them soft drinking and very lite. Now, do I like these agave spirits? Not really. To quote the man who introduced me to spirits, "alcohol Burns, take a sip, roll it around your tongue and mouth let it coat everything. Take a few good breaths. Do it again. And maybe one more time". What he was getting at is to let the burn coat your mouth, let it rest, do it another time, and then take a drink of something. What you will find is that coating your mouth let's the receptors get numb and you will start to be able to taste what's in the spirit. I like some of the big proof agave spirits because of how much flavor is in them. Big fruits, volcanic rock, briney saltiness, mesquite wood. It's like having a white wine, rum, and a peated scotch in one glass. They're complex and fun and leave you wondering what that flavor note is. So, to sum that up in a way that doesn't make me sound like a crazy guy that loves booze too much. Yes, grab the donaji and maybe even a dobel diamante instead of the Fortaleza if you are warming up to spirits and after a lower ethanol burn, but eventually give some others a try and realize the burn is natural and something you can learn to get passed pretty easily. Depending on the specs you go by another bottle I would recommend is gracias a dios espadin or their turkey pechuga. Both are very fruity, easy drinking mezcals with a little more flavor than the donaji. |
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