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CSB alert:

Had dinner at a nice restaurant in San Antonio on Saturday night. I spied a bottle of Ocho Reposado behind the bar, so I ordered "Tequila Ocho Reposado, neat" from the waitress. Whatever she brought me did not smell or taste anything like tequila. My wife - who really hates tequila and recoils at the smell every time - agreed with me. So I call the waitress over and we have this conversation:

Me: "I don't think this is tequila. Could it be the wrong glass?"

Waitress: "No, it's Herradura Reposado. Do you want me to switch it for Casamigos? Those are the only two we have."

Me: "It doesn't taste like tequila at all. I can see Tequila Ocho from here. The orange bottle."

So she brought me a new glass and of course it tasted like tequila. I guess she either didn't understand that Ocho is a specific brand or didn't hear that part and just brought me whatever. The moral of the story is that either she grabbed the wrong glass off the bar and brought me someone else's...bourbon maybe? Or that whatever Herradura is trying to pass off as reposado doesn't even taste the slightest bit like tequila should.

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I am guessing the thieves drove faster than 55 when leaving Flavortown (Flavor Town?  What is the proper spelling?  And is it close to Funkytown?)

 

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1 hour ago, ScottS said:

I am guessing the thieves drove faster than 55 when leaving Flavortown (Flavor Town?  What is the proper spelling?  And is it close to Funkytown?)

 

I hope those bottles never see the light of day. They did the public a favor

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28 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Just made one of these:

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Delicious. I didn’t realize the cold brew had sugar in it so I made another without the simple syrup. Even better.

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Didn’t have molé bitters but the Mexican chocolate worked well. 

That is actually interesting. By rule I’m  not a tequila guy, same with gin. However I enjoy meeting people who know how to take those expressions and can turn them into something tasty.

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4 hours ago, Hamttx said:

That is actually interesting. By rule I’m  not a tequila guy, same with gin. However I enjoy meeting people who know how to take those expressions and can turn them into something tasty.

It was a massive hit at family Christmas round two. Only downside was I started running out of ingredients, including eggs. 
 

In hindsight I should have kept the yolks for egg nog. 

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Snagged a bottle of this mezcal at NASA Liquor along with a nice bottle of Elijah Craig. 

Guy said this is the first batch to make it the the US.

 

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Got a recipe for that? I've been in Wisconsin 18 years and the OF is pretty much the state drink (along with beer, of course). But I was somehow here for eight years before drinking my first one. 

Just started on mezcal a year ago and love it, but this was not a combo I had considered. Have tried a few other variants, though.

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48 minutes ago, Hayduke said:

Got a recipe for that? I've been in Wisconsin 18 years and the OF is pretty much the state drink (along with beer, of course). But I was somehow here for eight years before drinking my first one. 

Just started on mezcal a year ago and love it, but this was not a combo I had considered. Have tried a few other variants, though.

It’s also good with fresh cucumber/lime juice ( with a little simple syrup) or fresh squeezed grapefruit juice.

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3 hours ago, Matuka said:

It’s also good with fresh cucumber/lime juice ( with a little simple syrup) or fresh squeezed grapefruit juice.

Smokey arroyo (grapefruit juice, rosemary simple syrup, lime, mezcal) was the cocktail we made with our neighbors with that first bottle of mezcal. Great stuff. Bought some premade cucumber and lime juice at Spec's on the way out of Texas last year and didn't try it with mezcal, but will next time. Thanks, @Matuka!

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21 hours ago, Hayduke said:

Got a recipe for that? I've been in Wisconsin 18 years and the OF is pretty much the state drink (along with beer, of course). But I was somehow here for eight years before drinking my first one. 

Just started on mezcal a year ago and love it, but this was not a combo I had considered. Have tried a few other variants, though.

Sorry to be pedantic, but Wisconsin old fashioneds are completely different than what the rest of America believes is an old fashioned

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7 hours ago, irishtexan said:

Sorry to be pedantic, but Wisconsin old fashioneds are completely different than what the rest of America believes is an old fashioned

Oh hey dere. Sorry about that pedantic too, but nothin' that a little brandy won't fix for ya. Come on up and we'll rid ya of all your tics and probably give ya a few new ones.

America might very well face a whiskey shortage if Sconnies drank old fashioneds in the traditional way. Korbel said a few years ago that Wisconsin accounted for just over half of the company's worldwide sales, which comedian Charlie Berens found disappointing (about the 1:04 mark if you don't want to listen to the whole thing).

The great majority of bars and restaurants here ask, when anyone orders one, "Whiskey or brandy?" and "Sweet or sour?" 

But back to tequila and mezcal ...

 

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For the sake of science, @irishtexan, I perused some mezcal old fashioned recipes and made a fairly simple (but probably too strong) variant: 1.5 ounces each of reposado and mezcal, a spoonful of agave syrup, three dashes of Angostura bitters and some orange peel with a cocktail ice cube. It was excellent, but probably so rich and satisfying that I won't drink again for at least a week and probably more, outside of our regular Sunday beer gathering. Thanks, @Butch Had Not, for the idea. I can see why it's your new favorite.

It's probably obvious I'm not an old fashioned purist -- my first exposure was the classic Wisconsin version that would be too sweet and watered down with mixer for purists, but it was at a Christmas celebration that holds very fond memories for me. Longtime community journalists who I was freelancing for, at a historic supper club, so about as Wisconsin as it gets. The brandy-sweet version has become my holiday staple and I occasionally imbibe a bit much, especially if the Horns are doing something really big at Thanksgiving (or, as was too often the case in my old fashioned history, the opposite). Or at a gathering with friends and neighbors. Doesn't matter, but on at least one occasion I've thought, "Damn ... where did all that brandy go since Wednesday?"

 

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