Review: Blue Iguana Silver Tequila
Blue Iguana Silver Tequila is produced at Distilarora del Valle de Tequila with 100% blue agave grown in both the Highland and Lowland Regions. The agave is hand selected when the brix sugar content is between 23-28. The agave hearts are steam roasted in century old traditional brick ovens for 36-54 hours. Next one half of the roasted agave hearts are pressure cooked in a 20 ton autoclave for 15 hours. After cooling for 9 hours they are shredded in a mill. The agave juice is fermented for 36 hours in a stainless steel tank, and double distilled in pot stills. Read more 
Review: Nosotros Blanco Tequila
Nosotros Blanco Tequila was introduced in 2016. Distribution is currently limited, but after being awarded as The Best Tequila at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirit Competition that may change. It is made from 100% blue agave grown in the Lowland and Highland Region. The agave is slow roasted in brick ovens for 60 hours. A German proprietary yeast is used to ferment the agave. The distillation is described as artisan, followed by a chill filtration. Read more
Review: Azunia Blanco Tequila
Azunia Blanco Tequila was first released as Azunia Platinum Tequila in 2010. Jim Riley a former VP of PR and Events for Kettle One Vodka partnered with the family owned and operated Rancho Miravalle Estate to create Azunia Tequila. Hall of Fame Basketball legend Bill Walton is also an equity partner. In 2013 the brand redesigned their bottle. Gone is the twist off cap in favor of a new more modern looking design that featured textured paper labels, wood caps and hand crafted glass bottles. Some time between then and now the name was changed, the packaging was redesigned again, and Azunia Blanco Tequila is now made from 100% Organic blue agave grown for 8-10 years in the valleys of Jalisco on land owned and maintained by Sergio Zuniga and Family. The agave is hand harvested and split in the field, then taken to the estate owned distillery. The pinas are slow roasted for 36 hours in traditional clay hornos. Once cooled the pinas are crushed in the pressing mills to extract the agave juice. Yeast is produced naturally through a 5-7 day open air fermentation. It is double distilled in small batches in a pot still. Pristine water from a deep artesian well is blended to reduce to 80 proof. A unique filtration follows before it is bottled and hand labeled. Read more
Review: San Matias Tahona Blanco Tequila
San Matias Tahona Blanco Tequila was launched December 2016. It was created to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the San Matias de Jalisco Distillery. This distillery also produces Corazon Tequila. When Don Delfino Gonzalez started producing Casa San Matias Tequila in 1886 he used a large stone wheel, called a tahona to crush the cooked agave. That same stone wheel is used to craft San Matias Tahona Blanco Tequila. It is made from 100% agave grown for 7-10 years in the red volcanic soil fields of the Highlands. The agave is slow baked in brick ovens for 48 hours and crushed by the same tahona stone used more than 100 years ago. The agave juice is fermented for 72 hours in pine wooded tanks and then double distilled at low temperatures in a 300 liter copper pot still by Master Distiller Rocio Rodriquez. Read more
Review: Feria de Jalisco Blanco Tequila
Feria de Jalisco Blanco Tequila is made at Grupo Tequilero Weber Distillery by Hugo Yerenas, son of Luis Yerenas a 40 year career Master distiller for Casa Cuervo’s super premiums including 1800. Feria De Jalisco is made from 100% single estate agave, grown for 7-8 years in the Lowland Region. The pinas are slow baked in a traditional stone oven. Once extracted the agave juice is naturally fermented for 72 hours. A Stainless steel/ Copper Alembic double distillation follows. Read more
Review: Dos Armadillos Plata Tequila
Dos Armadillos Plata Tequila is crafted at Premium de Jalisco in the Village of Mazamitia, 7220 feet above sea level. It is made from 100% Blue Agave grown for a minimum of 8 years in Amatitan. Once harvested the pinas are split into four pieces and slow cooked with steam in a stainless steel autoclave. The temperature is gradually increased to 198 degrees over a period of several hours. Steam is generated and injected into the oven. The pinas are washed to remove the bitter honey, waxes, and agave cuticles that give the juice an unpleasant taste. The pinas are chopped into small pieces and than crushed by very heavy rollers to extract the juice. After fermenting for seven days with a unique yeast strain the tequila is double distilled in small batches. The tequila is immediately poured into handcrafted crystal bottles featuring two green tinted armadillos. Read more
Review: Decada Silver Tequila
Decada Silver Tequila is produced at Tequila Quiote S.A. de C.V. This distillery has been owned and operated by the same family for over 150 years. Decada Silver Tequila is made from 100% Blue agave grown for 10 years in brick red soil, 10,000 feet above sea level on a single 1000 acre estate. Once harvested the agave are steam roasted in steel ovens for 8-11 hours. The pinas are slow crushed and shredded to extract the juice. The agave juice is fermented with yeast from the leaves of the agave in stainless steel vats for 3-5 days. The tequila is twice distilled in copper pot stills. A 60 hour aeration follows where pure oxygen is circulated through the tequila. Pure water filtered through reverse osmosis is blended to reduce to 80 proof. The tequila then rests for 48 hours in stainless steel tanks prior to bottling in their distinctive X shaped . Read more
Review: DesMaDre Blanco Tequila
DesMaDre Blanco Tequila was launched January 2016 by company founder Marcos J Higareda. It is crafted at the Casa Ramirez Distillery by the father and son team of Rosendo Ramirez Gamirio, and Rosendo Ramirez Falcon. This is the same distillery that created the original Deleon Tequila. Deleon was sold in 2014 to Diageo and Sean Diddy Combs. Deleon is now produced at NOM 1535. DesMaDre Blanco is made from non GMO Highland grown agave that is hand harvested. The agave is cooked slowly in a pressure steam autoclave using pure spring water. It is fermented in stainless steel tanks with a proprietary yeast. A double distillation in stainless steel pot stills with a copper lining follows. The tequila is chill filtered before bottling unaged. Read more
Review: Contigo Plata Tequila
Contigo Plata Tequila was introduced February 2017 by Don Sebastiani and Sons, a Sonoma based family owned producer of several wine brands including Smoking Loon, B Side, and Pepperwood Grove. They also released El Fumador Reposado, and El Macho Anejo Tequila. Contigo Plata was created by Master Distiller Augustin Sanchez, a 40 year veteran tequila distiller at Casa Maestri. This is the same distillery that creates Sparkle Donkey, Abreojos, and Santera tequila. Contigo Plata is made from a 50/50 blend of Highland and Lowland grown Blue Weber Agave. The tequila is twice distilled in stainless steel stills and then aged for 59 days in oak barrels. Read more
Review: Codigo 1530 Blanco Tequila
Codigo 1530 Blanco Tequila was released in a few states November 2016. Distribution has since expanded. Codigo 1530 is also available in a Rosa, Reposado, Anejo, and Origen expression. CEO and Co-Founder Federico Vaughan has long been the custodian of the brand that until recently was a private unnamed tequila stock only available to close friends and family. Co-Founder Ron Snyder, was the former CEO of Crocs Footwear. Other investors include Country Music star George Strait and hockey Hall of Famer Brett Hull. Codigo 1530 is named for the year the town of Amatitan received their official charter from Spain. Codigo 1530 Blanco is crafted at a small family owned Tequileria in Los Bajos in the town of Amatitan, from 100% blue agave grown in the Lowlands for 7-10 years. The agave is slow cooked in stainless steel ovens and then shredded instead of crushed to enable the distillery to extract the juices without the bitter pulp. The juice is fermented for four days with an organic, family bakers yeast, and then double distilled in a still built by the distilling family. After this lengthy 17 day process, the tequila is hand bottled. Read more