Tequila Old Fashioned
Posted Jul 6, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC
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I do a version of this with casamigos reposado,agave syrup,Ango, and lime garnish…called it the Danny ocean
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- 2 ounces tequila
- ½ ounce Curaçao
- 1 dash Peychaud's bitters
- 1 dropper chocolate bitters, (recommended: Pitch Dark Cacao Bitters)
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2 oz Jose Cuervo Especial 1/2 oz simple syrup 4 dashes Angostura bitters
So good I had to quaff two.
Exchange your simple syrup for agave syrup and you will thank me
There’s a really nice riff on this where you use 1.5 oz reposado tequila, 0.5 oz mezcal and agave syrup instead of simple syrup. It’s called a Oaxaca Old Fashioned and it’s great.
Also, I’ll give a shout out to Olmeca Altos. It’s 100% agave and pretty damn good given the relatively low price point which I think is around the same as the José Cuervo.
Get in there with some chocolate or mole bitters too!
Planning to add to my bitters selection. Thanks!
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where's the tequila?
Jose Cuervo Especial isn't tequila. they can't even legally call it tequila in Mexico. tequila is distilled from 100% agave, which Jose Cuervo is not. Cuervo makes some good, even great tequilas, but this ain't it.
Fine, it's fake tequila old fashioned. It tasted great and that's what's important.
r/gatekeeping is over there bucko
That was harsh but that is the worst tequila you can buy.
They can legally call it tequila in America, which seems just as qualifying as your statement is disqualifying.
I will say, go for some lunazul next time. Still pretty cheap but much better IMO. And it's... 100% agave.
that would be a valid point if tequila were made in 'Murica, but it's not.
having lived there for three years, i know it's a pretty common joke that Especial is Especially for the US market, because only gringos would drink it.
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