I hear this all the time in conversations… “Tequila? I can’t drink that anymore.” Usually the story involves a night (or more) of overindulging on tequila shots during younger, more naive days of the person’s life. And, when I probe more I find that 9 out of 10 times it involves some value tequila (ie. Cuervo Gold).

My suggestion to everyone who has matured in their drinking habits is to give tequila another shot (without “shooting” it) and since today is Cinco de Mayo, it’s a great time to start - a personal tequila revolution of sorts.

There are hundreds of brands of tequila available and many of them are the caliber of fine brandy, whiskies and gins. Some of my recent discoveries are Dos Lunas, Voodoo Tiki and Corazon. These are tequilas that you can sip, savor and enjoy or mix into any tequila cocktail you can think of and are thousands of times better than those tequila shots of your youth.

My other bit of advice is to skip the gold tequilas, instead choose a blanco or reposado for everyday mixing and an anejo for sipping.

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