A warm cocktail for your Friday drinking experience. Tequila and hot chocolate is an unlikely pair and I found it was pretty tasty while Jennifer wasn’t so impressed. You probably have to be a bigger fan of tequila to handle tequila and hot chocolate! Add some coffee liqueur and you’re on your way to warming [...]
This is a huge episode, packed full of great blanco tequila brands. It’s a bit long, coming in at the low twenty minute mark, but with nine tequila’s to taste, I believe with covered a great deal of hot brands. Please note, as well, that every one of these brands serves a purpose at its [...]
This episode we cover Mexican beers including Corona Extra, Pacifico, Modelo, Carta Blanca, Dos Equis and others. We discover the beauty of the lime and also realize a few things about Mexican beers that you may only notice when you try them all at the same time!
For the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with my margarita recipe which is fairly basic, a shot of 100% Agave Tequila, two shots Roses’s Lime Juice and a half shot of Grand Marnier in a shaker with ice. The issue I’ve had is that Rose’s Lime Juice is full of high fructose corn syrup, [...]
The sweet smell of Partida Reposado is the best way to start a night of tequila sipping. Not as powerful as a Partida Añejo Tequila (though close) and not as subtle as a Partida Blanco Tequila, this reposado stands in a class of its own. It falls somewhere between a great mixing tequila (don’t [...]
Partida Añejo Tequila is a smooth yet strong aged tequila with the scent of cherry and almonds. It’s as spicy as the foods from the country it was born, Mexico. As expected, this is a 100% agave so you know you’re getting the real deal and not a mixto.
The bottle has a sense of style [...]
Mexican politicians are worried that the Chinese may be crawling into their special territory: Agave. The lower house of congress is asking Mexico to stop Chinese firms from patenting mageuy which is a type of cactus which will produce agave needed for tequila.
Nopal, another cactus which could threaten the Mexican industry may be targeted [...]
There are many selections of alcohol to choose from but nothing drains the troubles of a hard day away like a relaxing cup of coffee mixed with Kahlúa, Brandy or Baileys Irish Cream. I don’t know about you, but when I go out to a nice Italian restaurant I have a hard time passing up [...]
Corona is a pilsner brewed in Mexico by Grupo Modelo. If you’re a beer drinker there is a great chance you’ve heard of, or have had, a Corona beer.
Grupo Modelo is a very large brewery in Mexico famous for many beers exported to our country, including Corona Extra, Corona Light, Negra Modelo, Pacifico and a [...]
