Tequila is Not for the Faint At Heart
First off, I know a lot about gin – due to the enthusiastic consumption of it. I know a little bit about whisky (due to similar indulgences and a few tastings). And what I know about bourbon, I know from research for this article: Bourbons for your Budget. But I don’t know diddly squat about tequila. So when a rep from the Thomas Collective saw my article on Cocktails 101 and offered to send me some samples of Espolon tequila, I said sure. I figured that Mike knew a fair amount about it and I also figured that the novelty of receiving tequila in the mail would be enough to entertain me. I hoped the tequila would be tasty, but didn’t expect much. I’m not going to bury the lede here. I was wrong. Boy was the tequila tasty.
I expected airplane sampler sized bottles, so when the other Mike called to say I’d received a package at the house, I said, “Oh, it must be the tequila,” envisioning a Fed-Ex envelope much like the ones my mom would mail me when I’d left random stuff at her house on visits back to Colorado. Again, I was wrong.
Mike, do you have a rejoinder?
