Your TEQUILA is LYING to You: Tasting for ADDITIVES

Find out if your Tequila is LYING to you and come join us for National Tequila Day
Don't drink Casamigos! It was the worst by far

First let me clearly state that I am not a sommelier. This is my attempt to stumble my way through tasting for quality, and the tasting notes that I reference are far from exhaustive of even what I can taste in these tequilas, let alone a seasoned sommelier.
Additives are used in tequila to mask what is basically agave vodka and pass it off as tequila. Made to the minimums of the law, and with immature agave, most mass scale tequilas are made in a diffuser that strips all of the flavor out of the agave and breaks it down to basically just starch and sugar for fermentation. Then after distillation Additives are you know.. added to the agave vodka stuff to make it taste kindof like Tequila. Yeah, it's gross. Basically your tequila would say "natural and artificial flavors" if they were required to label that...

Use Tequila Matchmaker from ‪@tastetequila‬ to find Honest Tequila:
https://tequilamatchmaker.com/
Apple:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tequila...
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

I highlighted a few good Tequilas in this episode:
Tres Agaves : The MOST affordable additive free Tequila that I know of, and they are of decent quality.
Tapatio : Really a fantastic brand.
ArteNOM : The premium labels in this episode. They are dedicated to the Terrior of Tequila, and no two bottles are alike.

They don't make my snifters anymore, I know, it's horrible...
BUT The Glancairn Glass has you set for most of what you would think to put in it
https://amzn.to/3Qt3UCD

What I'm currently jamming to:
   • Crave You (Adventure Club Remix)  

Music/effects in the episode:
li.sten.to/bg5c7j0e

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