Ultimate Cinco de Mayo Tequila Blind Taste Test!
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0:00 It's Friday Blind Day!
3:40 Bottle A
7:40 Bottle B
9:45 Bottle C
11:50 Bottle D
14:00 Knockout Rounds!
17:40 The Reveal
20:25 And The Winner Is...
22:07 Kurt's Winner
23:18 As Always Celebrate Responsibly!
Ok you guys aren’t playing around. I’m happy to be seeing Fortaleza in here and not Jose Cuervo 🤣
Trenton is on to something. A rum blind would make a great follow up. I'd even do more specific and do 1 rum per area. Barbados vs. Jamaica vs. Martinique vs. Puerto Rico vs. Panama. Sounds like lots of fun
A great value sipping rum is El Dorado 12 yr from Guyana South America.....yummy great on ice. I consider it the Wild Turkey of Rum.
My favorite sipping rum is Ron Zacapa 23 from Guatemala
@@MrUwphotography I have that bottle and it’s good. I also like the Appleton estate 12
He should try Fortuitous Union from Rolling Fork Spirits
LOVE the graphic with the bottle during the blind tasting, please keep doing that! Makes it so much easier to remember what they said about which bottle once the lineup is rolled out.
Yes to different liquor videos! I’m whiskey first but not only!
Even as a bourbon drinker, I really enjoy the non-whiskey videos. Tequila made it a plus.
Love tequila year round, not just for Cinco de Mayo!!!
The interesting thing to me is that the quality of the tequila's shown through! Very cool to see you guys mixing it up.
Try G4 108 high proof. Flavor bomb for about $50
This is one of my favorite tequilas. Amazing bang for the buck too. Dynamite margaritas.
“It smells like I’m gonna be sad.” 😂😂
More blind tequila tasting!
Trenton, despite your goofiness, (which I very much appreciate, btw), you ask some very good questions and make some very good comments. Nice video fellas, liked the change of pace. 👍
Had to watch this with the Spanish captions on.
Almost 150k congrats!! Happy cinco de drinko
Siete Leguas is a historc brand, they made Patron when it first came to the states. Hold on to that Pasote, the bottle changed & so did the distillery where its made.
Fun to watch two pros learning their ropes on tequila. For a whiskey palate best to start with anejo or XA (extra anejo). Artenom 1146 is the perfect introduction imo.
This is an awesome tip!! I would like to start trying some tequila, do you have any other recommendations in case I can’t find or go down the rabbit hole quickly?
I’d bet money that Trenton would love Artenom 1146.
@@kingkrow420 If you are looking for additive free, you can’t go wrong with G4, El Tesoro, Arette or Tequila Ocho. All four have anejo and extra anejo versions.
@@kingkrow420oldtowntequila has it for $89. Not a bad price. Though not sure what shipping cost is.
Loved the exploration in Tequila! Keep it going! I have learned a bunch from you guys on whiskey. I know Tequila better.
Great video, keep on mixing in a few of these different spirit videos. Always good to broaden our horizons
Haha "Fortaleza, it's fine". That is funny....One of the highest rated tequilas there is. Those are 4 excellent tequilas. Great choices.
That Arette Repo is one of best values at around $30-35 and tasty just to sip or put in cocktail. Been a bourbon guy and recently started picking up good bottle of tequila to try
Mijenta Reposado is a darn good tequila to try. One of my favorites with a smooth clean earthy taste. It’s a great sipper.
Nice job fellas. I see many new infinite bottle styles in your future.
Trenton, to answer your question about Tequila opening up, in my experience yes, that can be the case. I bought an Ocho Anejo aged in Widow Jane Bourbon Barrels. First pour of it was super hot and ethanol forward, with a ton of char on the palette. I didn’t crack into it again for about a year and when I did it had completely mellowed out. The bitter char notes were all but gone and a lot of the complexity of grassy, sweet, citrusy, black peppercorns came front and center. That’d be a great one to try for you if you can find it. Arte Nom, Mijenta, Siembra Valles are also awesome sippers if you’d really like to dive in.
Also if you do a Rum blind try to find Four Square. Great for bourbon drinkers
Love it guys! I love bourbon, but I love tequila too. Good seeing y’all try these. Good picks
Although I haven't yet bought any Tequila for Cinco de Mayo, I did however pick up a bottle of the Jim beam black 7 yr. for $20.00. I'll be giving it a taste later tonight. I have to say, I don't recall ever trying any Jim Beam product ... so I'm a bit anxious and bit scared .. but hopeful.
Be sure to share your thoughts. For the price, I'm definitely picking it up. Based on the guys review and the fact that it's Beam, it cant be that bad. ;)
@@RockulaRandy I'm finding it a super easy enjoyable sipper (I don't do mixed drinks.) Long after the sip it seems to leave a slight fragrant and enjoyable taste in the mouth (that lingers.) It doesn't have a real thick mouth feel, but that aside, I'd definitely purchase it again. My last pour was Evan Williams bottle in bond. I prefer the nose and flavor of the JB. (If only it were 100 proof!) In a perfect world.
Went to the store and couldn't find the JB 7 so I asked one of the guys, he said "yeah it's right there, leftovers from last Christmas in the black gift box". It had a bottle and two nice drink glasses in it, 23 bucks. He said they were getting requests so they pulled them out of stock.
Generally refill bourbon barrels… Love the Fortaleza!!!
Add Tres Agaves as a good budget mixer. My personal favorite is Forteleza as a sipper
Thanks for branching out once in a while. Great content.
Awesome! I can't wait to see your Rum video. I'm have no Rum experience but keep hearing about Grander Rum and am so hesitant to pull the trigger because of how many varieties there are.
Love your videos guys! As a Tequila fan as well as Whiskey love to see this blind! Jusin D.
This was great Kurt and Trenton! Do a Cognac episode next!
Love this video because you guys know spirits, and this is a little new to you. I have the Arette Repo, it gets better with each taste. Hard to get any Fortaleza, was able to go to Wisconsin to get the Blanco, best Tequila I have ever had.
I agree with a rum blind, some of them can be great.
Fantastic show! Yes, please do arum blind! Thank you!
4 absolute certified additive free repos bangers. Great picks. Wish fortaleza was easier to get but cascanas number 7 is amazing. Even Arriete is a great budget mixer
I really like a margarita but rarely have tequila straight. Nice video!!
Great lineup, Fortaleza & Tequila Ocho are my favorite. As a bourbon drinker would definitely recommend Fortaleza Anejo & Tears of Llorona (My favorite Tequila ever)
SLB Classics (take 2?)
0:08 Trenton is said for blind Friday
0:28 at least someone is excited
1:07 JC Gold is not a tequila in my book
1:57 Kurt takes it easy on Trenton
2:06 mom is the keeper of secrets, Kurt needs to knock on wood
2:50 generally bourbon barrels, tres agaves used to use woodford barrels but then the overlord companies kept them
3:43 look at that updated production value!
4:11 Kurt may have spoken too soon on not feeling well
5:35 Trenton note: sweet but about to be sad
5:58 Trenton struggles with words: mortar and pestle
6:20 Trenton cares about our data privacy
7:02 Kurt watches the pros as he is an amateur
7:29 Trenton takes after Kurt but no nose surgery 😂
8:38 SLB, “we step out of bounds”
9:45 Trenton turns into an owl (who who)
10:28 Trenton note: side of barn, rotten wood, filthy
11:35 have way to sharpie, more of an expo 😂 great pun
12:10 darn 1% allowed additives
13:35 Trenton wants to be an expert but it takes more practice
14:03 fun behind the scenes knowledge
15:13 Trenton tries to crowd source information
15:33 only stupid people (new heights podcast reference)
16:46 Trenton realizes they have some drama
17:11 Trenton making a second allocated tequila, who knew?
17:54 mom has some nice Spanish pronunciation
18:37 Kurt helps out a bit on pronunciation
19:48 Trenton doesn’t care about the allocated bottles (at least tequila)
20:30 Trenton has that expensive taste
21:38 NW Indiana has a limited tequila selection too
22:35 Trenton is a proof hound ;)
22:52 come to DC for some tasty barrel aged rum
23:31 it will not be cut and fixed, well done
23:42 nice sign off and nod
I am so happy to see you guys do this… I haven’t had most of these myself, but I really love that Cazcanes and I’ve been on the lookout for Fortaleza for a while now. Would be interested to see what you guys think of doing a blanco blind, for which I’d throw out G4 as a personal favorite. I never thought of blanco tequila as a sipper until I tried this one. And, if you want to really dive in, Gran Centenario Leyenda for an extra añejo blind would get my vote.
I'm all about whiskey, but I've been enjoying Tequila more and more. Glad to see a tequila blind here, I vote for more!
I definitely enjoyed this. Thought of trying tequila and don’t know anything about them. So would love to see one with the different kinds of tequilas
Great editing! Also great blind. I just hosted a Cinco de Mayo party with a 16 way tequila tasting. No one was a real tequila expert and it was fun to go through so many different options. Fortaleza and Cazcanes were part of the 16.
Enjoyed the video and wouldn't mind seeing a Tequila video now and then. Just started getting into Tequila myself. Give Tequila Ocho Reposado Single Estate a try.
Nice to see you branching out. I am going to enjoy a single barrel resposado Corazon aged in a WLW barrel this Cinco de mayo. Cheers
Love that you all did tequila! If you can find it and want that whiskey profile; Tequila ocho widow jane (repo or anejo) and or El Tesoro Mundial collection (knob creek rye barrels). Absolutely tasty stuff. El Tesoro anything is some good stuff!
Also, Arette repo is such a sleeper! Bang for buck is unbeatable.
Watched this morning and commented. Funning this just came up as not been watched? Cheers
Yeah, I think I watched part on my lunch break, then came back to it on my afternoon break, and it wasn't there. I kinda figured TH-cam recommended me something from a previous year again, lol
Had the same issue. Watched this morning and commented, but then it came up again as unwatched and all comments from the morning were gone.
I have to come back and comment again. Sorry 😂 but I just discovered a tequila that's going to please bourbon and even a Scotch drinker,Alma Del Jaguar Reposado, very low on agave flavor. Heavy caramel vanilla wood spices. I had such a hard time picking up tequila flavors, It's also additive free, I think if anyone wants to get any tequila from bourbon or even Scotch must try. Thank you guys!
As a longtime gin lover I’d really appreciate your take on different gins, London dry, Old Tom, and some of the new craft gins.
Rum Blind, Cognac Blind, Mezcal Blind, etc. are exciting ideas! Would love to see you all branch out into other spirits on occasion.
Very interesting. I don’t know a lot about Tequila, but Kurt hit most of the points I’ve picked up. I’ve learned a lot from The Tequila Hombre. Of course most of what you tasted are ones I can not get in Iowa. Fortaleza is basically unobtainable. Walmart has been carrying Tequila Ocho, blanko which is a decent blonko. I have a few other ok ones, but none of the unobtainable ones you have. I need to do some Tequila reviews on my Low Carb Cocktail channel.
Arrete is a great value for exceptional product
Rum would be a good one 👍
One of these days I want to try tequila (besides José Cuervo - the silver is tolerable but the gold is awful), and other things as well. But there's so much whisky and so little time...
I do find it amusing that Anglo Americans get so interested in el Cinco de Mayo. It's a bigger deal in the United States than it is in Mexico. 😂
Just for grins and giggles, here's what some tequila terms mean:
plata=silver
blanco=white
reposado=rested
añejo (ahn-YEH-ho)=aged
extra añejo=extra aged
Just what term of years each aging category encompasses I don't know.
The top on the Fortaleza is, if I'm not mistaken, an agave plant with the leaves trimmed off. 🙂
From what I've heard, Blanco is aged up to two months, Reposado is aged two months to a year, Anejo is one to two years, and Extra Anejo is over two years
I hadn't tried tequila since a Mexico trip years ago. I broke down and got some of Dwane Johnson's Teremana, and they're great. The anejo is my favorite.
i love Arette brand (first tequila i really enjoyed). I have a Fortaleza blanco that is amazing. Cazcane is one i've had my eye out for but haven't found yet. i'm new to tequila as well, and when I found the non-additive tequila i've really enjoyed them.
You should start by looking at some of the top distilleries and seeing finding a couple which are low land vs high land… you can always start with blanco to get the baseline and then look for the more aged stuff…
Love tequila the best !
Always down to see y'all do videos on other spirits! Happy early Cinco, and cheers!
A rum blind would be fun. Could be a fun thing to see where you sit on some of the navy strength blends, and then cask strength bottling.
I would love to see a foray into Mezcal as well, blends and single strain plants add a lot of variety to the taste of the spirit. (I tend towards fruity/peppery varietals tepeztate/tobala/cuishe...)
Back in my 20s my spirit of choice was tequila hands down. We would trek down to Mexico on occasion and pick up some great Anejo and mezcal bottles for $10-15 a bottle. Took a pause from drinking all together in my 30s after I got married. Now in my 50s I'm a bourbon, rye & recently getting into American single malts. I just cannot find the taste for tequila anymore. I will make a ranch water every now and then if I'm not in the mood for a beer.
@slbdrinks....waiting for Trenton to say: Isn't there a book called Tequila Mockingbird?
A blanco tasting would be awesome. It’s the truest expression of all tequilas. Specifically, I’d line up Fortaleza, Siete Leguas, Fuenteseca, and cascahuin. Boom! Your minds will be blown.
If you want to do a rum blind try to find some single barrels from Privateer specifically the letter of marque bottles, SO good, so rich so clean and barrel strength and made in the USA. Hidden gem.
Great blind. I’m fairly new to tequila but have learned a lot from watching content from people online. It’s very difficult to know which tequila is real as a lot of pricey tequila could be something altered artificially. That Arette Repo is a great sipper IMO and something I reach for when I want a lower proof drink. $32.95 in NC and people don’t chase it like the bottles that beat it which are unicorns
I know it is not the subject, but I went and got the Jim Beam Black Aged 7 years.... OMG, it is really really good. Thanks for the heads UP.
Fortaleza is good. Not a tequila fan . I guess to many bad tequila nights as a youngster. Good video
Im not a tequila drinking. I’m a bourbon lover. You should possibly try ArteNom 1146. It’s finished 14 months in french oak barrels and 14 months in American oak. I have not tried it but I’ve heard that it’s the closest it would come to bourbon flavor. Have not pulled trigger in buying it because it’s $100 bottle. Maybe a good video would be tequila aged in bourbon barrel blind.
Great video guys!
The quality tequila market is growing and that is a good thing for US consumers. Surprised how good some tequila really is. But once you get into quality tequila, it starts to showcase just how overly sweet and dessert-like many bourbons and whiskeys taste. It’s like black coffee vs a Frappuccino. To each their own.
Grab a tequila ocho if you see. The blanco is stellar. Cheers!
I think you should try Padre Tequila Anejo. It's a leather wrapped bottle with a skull cork. Better that the Fotaleza in my opinion.
I’d love to see a rum blind
I am definitely not a big Tequila fan. But I was introduced to Corazón single barrel reposado that was aged in W.L. Weller barrels and wow! And only $30ish in my area
if you can find it Smokehead has a tequila cask scotch that is pretty good (better than you might think it would be).
I'm in San Diego, teh Siete Leguas is fairly highly thought of around here. Siete Leguas started Patron in an attempt to sell luxury tequila in the USA. They had the same master distiller. When it became a hit, Patron branched off on their own and took the master distiller with them. For Blanco's, I don't think I have had one that I like better than the Fortaleza. FWIW, I have never bought a 100 dollar tequila. I like tequila and have 5 or 6 bottles around at any given time but FWIW don't think they come close to a good whiskey. And when I chose to spend that much money, it's always going to be some kind of whiskey. More bang for the buck.
Fortaleza is very good. The anejo’s are very good, and compare with bourbon complexities. Hornitos Black Barrel is very good and bargain priced. The only extra anejo I’ve had was Patron, and I was not impressed for the price.
I personally have never had bottles of tequila open up often they rest the spirits themselves in glass/stainless steel tanks before they are bottled to make sure they are readily good to drink
I thought Trenton was going to 🤮 @ 20:38. 😂 Love the content btw.
Their is a lot of more additive free tequilas and it would be cool to see your guys opinion on them. I’m stuck on the Tres Agaves cuz it’s so cheap and it’s organic. Cimarron is also another affordable option.
Where did you find Fortaleza impossible to find in Michigan its top notch
Would love to see rum blind but plantation overproof o.f.t.d. has to be part of it, I'm very interested to see your thoughts blind on that one!😅
nice to see Fortaleza but where's the G4 extra anejo yummy 🤤
Fortaleza is some good tequila!
This would have been great content for SLB Tries channel.
many have that briny green olive saltiness. I am not so fond of that particular flavor. For example, G4 blanco has that flavor....Mijenta blanco does not. I prefer the Mijenta. In a cocktail you won't notice it
I do like a tequila once3 in a while, but definitely an anejo guy. Haven't had extra anejo due to price yet but hope to. Recently found Casamigos Anejo, and I am hooked on it. To me it's amazing. I did NOT know it was a celebrity bottle before I bought it, but Mr. Clooney did well in my book. A reasonable price, too! Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!! Clase Azul is really popular, but at that price it's hard to justify it on a flyer, not having experienced it yet. Too risky.
I enjoy a nice rum once in awhile. Please do that as well. Cheers.
Great to see non-bourbon content on the channel. I think all bourbon drinkers would do well to explore outside of corn whiskey.
Yes! Blinds with other spirits, please.
Y’all need to try Cava De Oro Extra Anjeo and Cava De Oro Anjeo Extra Aged. I’d gladly ship samples and a bottle to do a review and compare. Love to hear y’all’s reviews and opinions and ALL liquors 🥃
Tons of additives in that brand.
@@claytonbeck3604it’s 100% pure agave with zero additives. 100% agaves are allowed 1% additives but this isn’t a brand that has any.
Had a couple of Marg's last night getting ready for Cinq-o
I've been searching for that bottle of fortaleza here in Ga and no one has it. Please let me know where I can get it or order it. Thank you.
Love your vids
Binnys carries cazcanes. Definitely the Orland park location
Where did you find Fortaleza?!!!
It's like asking Trent to try vegetables or apple pie....how about using a fork.
Daaannngggg fancy graphics 👀
Siete Leguas is awesome and partnered with Sazerac.
Also, don't put too much grain into the the whole additive thing. Tequila Matchmaker started this thing. I have a lot of suppliers that explained a lot to me. Having additives is not a bad thing. It depends what those additives are. Adding a drop of caramel or Sea Salt to the batch of tequila is considered an additive. Not a bad thing.
Did I just hear you say that you guys are out of Valpo? As in Valparaiso Indiana?
That is correct. They are located in NW Indiana
Ok sip some pickle juice or olive juice with tequila it’s amazing
What happened to the first video? I watched it this morning.
Weird, right?
Fortaleza is like blantons … can’t find it unless you pay double or more
TEQUILA!