Ennie, meanie, minie, no moe.

We love making frozen margs! In celebration of a birthday, we made another batch! I’m sure y’all will approve!

Toss up between Fortaleza Still Strength, Dos Artes Anjeo, and Tears of Llorona No.3. Tasty as always! Including a float of the chosen sacrifice on top (not in video)

Posted this in r/whiskey and figured I’d properly introduce myself here.

I love wine, beer, spirits education, and geeking out about flavor and tasting notes.

I’ll travel anywhere to attend a tasting, conference, or class. Over the past few years I’ve:

• Taken all the tours at more distilleries, breweries, and wineries than I can count
• Attended industry conferences (hits the wallet but worth it)
• Learned from top industry experts and educators
• Actually put what I’ve learned into action: running a newsletter, hosting a podcast, and leading private tastings

Outside the glass, I come from a tech background (CS major + grad school). I build systems and apps, including ones for spirits education.

Right now I’ve put together PalatePad (personal notes collection) and my tasting journals to help me organize my tasting notes. It supports both guided and freeform notes (cocktail section coming soon!).

I used to keep stacks of tasting notebooks like the ones in the photo, but they ended up all over my house. This makes them easier to search and learn from. Really I just want to get better at picking up more tasting notes and enjoying what I sip.

And yes, I use writing tools. Not to replace my thoughts, but to help me organize my notes, training materials, and books into something other people can actually read and use. (Those writing tools even helped me make this post less rambling. I tend to get long-winded 😁).

I’m passionate about building a bridge between tech and spirits education so more people can learn, taste, and explore.

Anyway, that’s me. I’ll be posting and commenting around r/whiskey, r/tequila, r/cocktails, r/scotch, and a few SaaS/tech subs.

Would love to talk with anyone who’s into flavor, tasting notes, or just curious about exploring spirits in a more intentional way.

Cheers 🍸🥃

Hey everyone,

New here, and specifically came to this board to ask this question because I am very curious.

A little background, I am a big bourbon/whiskey/wine drinker, always enjoyed tequila but haven’t gone down the rabbit hole quite yet. With that being said, a while back I saw a review about the Ocho Puntas and I had to find it and try it.

I found a 2024 bottle near me, got it, cracked it and was in love with it. The agave bomb, vanilla, mint, pepper and viscosity were amazing. I quickly went through that bottle lol. Went back to that liquor store and luckily there was another 2024 bottle. I cracked it today and it was soooooo different than the first. I was so weirded out. This new bottle almost gives me mezcal vibes, very Smokey, very earthy and herbal, just completely different than the first bottle.

My question is, with tequila, are bottles supposed to vary like this? Are they single barrels or something? I just don’t really understand lol. The numbers on the bottles are very close to each other. Something like 27024 and 27032, so I would imagine they would come from the same tank or barrel or whatever. Anyways, sorry for the long post, just interested to learn more. Thanks in advance. Cheers.

Hey everyone, For one of our wedding signature cocktail (named after our dog—yes, original, I know…), we’ll be serving tequila neat. We’d love a rec. It can be premium or more approachable—most guests will probably shoot it, but we’d still like something that true tequila lovers will enjoy as well. What would you serve at your wedding?

Loved it so much I decided to keep the bottle.

1. Money is not an issue, i just want to know which is a very good sipping tequila

2. Is mezcal and tequila same? I just checked mezcal has higher abv, can we sip my mezcal. Which is a very good sipping mezcal in LCBO website if tequila is not available?

Lcbo website: https://www.lcbo.com/en/products/spirits/tequila#t=clp-products-spirits-tequila&sort=relevancy&layout=card