El Jimador Tequila

CockTale: Did you know El Jimador is the number one selling brand of tequila in Mexico? Neither did I, so when I was choosing a new tequila to try out, I figured 110 million Mexicans couldn't be wrong. I also figured that El Jimador meant something cool, like when I tried out Lunazul tequila - but boy was I wrong. El Jimadors are the people who went out and harvested the agave plants to make tequila, boring. But don't let that get you down, El Jimador was very good. In fact, I spent three nights in a row making margaritas. Best margarita recipe in the world - 1 shot tequila, 1 shot triple sec and 1 shot Rose's sweetened lime juice. Mix all three together and pour over ice. Very low in calories and only takes seconds to mix up. Trust me on this one, I write a blog about cocktails for a living.....

Review:
Taste: This is nice tequila, no nasty after taste, mixes well for margaritas and shoots alright as well with a little lime chaser. Nothing special about it other than it being a very solid tequila - "3"
Price: $19.99 for a fifth. At this price you are right in line with the upper shelf decent brands of tequila like Cuervo, but by no means is it a cheap tequila. If El Jimador was a dollar more than Cuervo, I can't say it is really worth it. The price is a couple dollars higher than Lunazul, and it definitely isn't better than that. "2.5"
Drunk: Since I spent three nights in a row with El Jimador, I would say the drunk is "satisfying". Something you can drink night after night has its appeal and I am rarely like that with tequila or margaritas. "3.5"
Novelty: After you get past the name not meaning anything and that it is the number one selling brand of tequila in Mexico, there isn't really that much that is special about the bottle or the tequila. It is just a decent bottle of tequila. "2"
Hangover Factor: This was a pleasant surprise, very little effects on the morning(s) after drinking El Jimador. When you think about it, the original El Jimadors had to wake up every morning and go out and harvest agave, so they couldn't be too hung over from their product. "4"

The CockTales & Reviews rating scale is based on 1-5, it seems that a score of 2.5 should be average, right in the middle - but that would also equate to scoring a 50% on a test. That doesn't quite seem fair? For the purposes of my ratings system, lets say a decent score is 3.0 - and that is exactly where El Jimador comes in, overall - "3"

Lunazul Tequila

CockTale: I was in the mood for some sort of light drink with juice and was toggling back and forth between the tequila and vodka sections when out of nowhere my eyes became fixated on those of a lone black wolf on the second shelf of the tequila section. Looking at me like a one-man wolf pack I decided that the two of us should join forces for the night roaming the desert looking for strippers and cocaine....or maybe just playing words with friends on the couch with my wife, but drinking Lunazul tequila nonetheless! I decided to mix the Lunazul with some guava orange passion juice, cranked up the Duran Duran and got hungry like the wolf.

Review:
Taste: Lunazul has a nice lime aftertaste which would make it the perfect compliment to a classic margarita, it almost tastes infused with lime margarita mix. It paired nicely with the guava and didn't have any of that cheap tequila bite. I could easily do shots of this, on par with Cuervo for sure. "4"
Price: One fifth rings in at $17.95, close to or on par with Cuervo or other mid level tequilas. Seems pricey, but the last thing I want is to ride with cheap tequila, so it is worth the slightly elevated price tag. Also, bonus points for the $7 off coupon tied around the bottle's neck so that bumps up the rating a half point. "4"
Hangover Factor: Pretty mild considering I was on tequila all night, didn't do a number on my stomach but that is probably because I didn't mix it with any other kinds of booze or take shots. "3"

Novelty: Aside from making jokes about wolves, singing hungry like the wolf or doing the speech from The Hangover about a one-man wolf pack, there isn't much novelty - but then you turn the bottle to discover these words. "To the spirit of the wolf - The bluemoon of Lunazul beckons the spirit, independence and smooth elegance of the majestic wolf. Let the smooth taste of Lunazul stir the wolf that lives inside you." If you don't find that to be novel, then get yourself checked. "4"
Drunk: I definitley woke up the wolf that lives inside me, I would go with "spirited" as my word to describle by drunk, let out a couple wolf howels and tied one on pretty good. "4"

At the end of the night I feel like I paid tribute to the spirit, independence and smooth elegance of the majestic wolf, and hopefully so does this overall rating - "3.8"