The ultimate Mexican drink, at least from our perspective from here north of the border, is the margarita. A perfect margarita is a balance of sweet and sour brought together by the distinctive flavor of agave. A well mixed margarita is a beautiful thing to behold, a poorly made one is a shame and should [...]
Filed under: cinco de mayo, holiday on April 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Tequila has developed a reputation of being one of the toughest boozes out there. It really isn’t any stronger than other spirits with most being around 40% alcohol. It’s reputation probably comes as a result of the salt, slam, lime ritual of doing tequila shots. While old coots like me are at the other end [...]
Filed under: Administrative on April 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
There are really only two choices when it comes to Mexican beer styles – light lager and amber lager. You know that most famous of the light lagers – Corona. There are a few others and they all taste about the same. There’s not a lot to say beyond that. The amber lagers are a [...]
Filed under: cinco de mayo, holiday on April 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
Have I told you about my buddy, Dwayne? Probably not since I just made him up. See, Dwayne is an old drinking buddy of mine. He’s great to take along when I go out drinking because I never have to pick up his tab. He also drinks very little so if I find myself enjoying [...]
Filed under: cinco de mayo, holiday on April 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
Where’s your favorite place to drink? I like drinking at home either with a meal or in front of the TV well enough. But it’s definitely more fun to head out to the bars with friends. And it turns out that I live in the right part of the US for that preference, statistically speaking [...]
Filed under: Beer on April 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »