{"id":2241,"date":"2012-08-26T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T03:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2012-08-26T20:05:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T03:05:59","slug":"review-milagro-tequilas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=2241","title":{"rendered":"Review – Milagro Tequilas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by Elisabeth, Cocktail Hacktress in training.
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If you had asked me before I started dating Reese what my favorite type of drink was, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure what I would have said. I have tried plenty of drinks, but I am still inexperienced enough to learn something every time Reese mixes something up. I have learned one thing, though:<\/p>\n

I love tequila!<\/p>\n

I love the agave flavor, the way tequila enhances a drink with agave earthiness and smokiness, and how good tequila doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t require the assistance of lime. If I could have spent my summer touring agave fields and sampling tequila fresh out of the still, I would have been in heaven. Alas, this wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t in the plans so when I saw the series of Milagro tequilas Reese had received, I begged him to help me review them.<\/p>\n

Milagro Silver (40% ABV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This affordable version of the Milagro tequila line is the purest example of tequila I have ever tasted. Milagro Silver has a clean agave aroma (Reese smelled black pepper) without any interference. The taste reflects the aroma- clean, crisp agave with little interference of other flavors\/aromas. Milagro Silver would be a great addition to a drink where you want to let the agave flavor shine.<\/p>\n

Milagro Silver, Select Barrel Reserve (40% ABV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Special Barrel Reserve is aged in French Oak barrels which lends a richer, warmer complexity to the tequila. The nose has a subtle vanilla sweetness, with a little oakiness. The product tastes just as crisp as the Silver described above with a tremendously smooth, medium length finish of earthy agave.<\/p>\n

Milagro Reprosado, Select Barrel Reserve (40% ABV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aging of the Special Barrel Reserve Milagro Reposado in American Oak bourbon barrels gives a heartier oak character. When directly comparing to the Milagro Silver, the sweet caramel and vanilla aroma really shines through. This tequila has a slight golden color and medium-long finish. This tequila is pure and all about the agave without being overly sweet, vegetal or smoky.<\/p>\n

Rather than test Milagro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mixability with a traditional margarita, we opted for a tequila chocolate martini.<\/p>\n

\"Mexican<\/a><\/p>\n

Mexican Chocolate Martini<\/strong><\/pre>\n
1 1\/2 oz Milagro Silver Tequila<\/strong>\r\n3\/4 oz Trader Vic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chocolate Liqueur<\/strong>\r\n1\/4 oz Original Cinn<\/strong>\r\n2 dashes Fee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aztec Chocolate Bitters<\/strong><\/pre>\n
1) Stir with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.<\/strong><\/pre>\n
This drink really lets the agave flavors of the Milagro shine through and smells delightfully like earthy agave sprinkled with cinnamon. Cinnamon and chocolate embrace a Mexican chocolate tradition. The cinnamon in Original Cinn is an earthier cinnamon to give it more an authentic taste (rather than a red hot cinnamon in other liqueurs). Do not be tempted to add cream. It swamps the flavors and overwhelms the drink.<\/p>\n
P.S. (from Reese) – I love the bottle design on the Select Barrel Reserve bottlings.\u00c2\u00a0 The hand-blown agave plant inside the bottle is gorgeous.\u00c2\u00a0 The fact that the tequila inside the bottle is also fantastic is complete icing on the cake. *wink wink*<\/p>\n
\"Milagro<\/p>\n
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\u00e2\u20ac\u00a0 The product reviewed here was provided to me as a free sample. If you’re wondering what that means check out my sample policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Guest post by Elisabeth, Cocktail Hacktress in training. If you had asked me before I started dating Reese what my favorite type of drink was, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure what I would have said. I have tried plenty of drinks, but I am still inexperienced enough to learn something every time Reese mixes something up. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,36],"tags":[10,207,43],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-review","tag-recipe","tag-review","tag-tequila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}