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The 30 Best Tequilas for 2025

VinePair

Over almost 10 years of tasting and recommending tequilas at VinePair, weve watched the category grow and evolve, ultimately becoming one of the best-selling and most popular spirits in the U.S. Admittedly, that momentum is starting to slow down, coinciding with greater spirits and alcohol consumption trends.

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Ask A Bartender: Clarke Anderson on Mixing with Matcha, Turmeric and Tepache

Chilled Magazine

It’s a low alcohol situation, so fermentation happens slowly over a couple of days and gives us single digital alcohol numbers. You can ferment it all the way to get to 7%, but we stop it and refrigerate it, which gives some alcohol and some sweetness. If you want a wellness drink, leave out the alcohol. lime juice ¾ oz.

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Review: Lalo Tequila Blanco High Proof

Drinkhacker

Lalo Blanco is one of our favorite tequilas to emerge in recent years — and a follow-up expression is finally hitting the market. Biting and punchy thanks to the extra punch of alcohol, this is clearly a boozy spirit albeit not one that ever feels overblown. Even the slight tinge of yellow is visible in the glass.

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Drink of the Week: Almave Blue Agave Spirit

Imbibe Magazine

It’s natural to see ebbs and flows among any booming industry, and non-alcoholic spirits are no different. To create Almave, Iván Saldaña, co-founder of Casa Lumbre , started logically with the same blue Weber agaves that would be used to make tequila. This is great news for drinkers (or non-drinkers, as it were).

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Tequila Matchmaker Removes All Tequila Brands From Its Additive-Free List

VinePair

Tequila lovers who want to know a little bit more about what’s in their bottles will now have to make do without one of the agave spirits industry’s most comprehensive resources. In a round of letters sent out to several small tequila brands on Sept.

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Women in Beverage: Mara Smith

Cheers

Mara Smith is the founder of Inspiro Tequila. How did you get into the beverage alcohol business? I founded Inspiro Tequila in February of 2020 and we launched our first state, my home of Illinois, in May of 2022. I’m a newcomer to the beverage alcohol industry. For years, tequila has been my adult beverage of choice.

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Review: Ricava Tequila – Complete Lineup

Drinkhacker

Ricava is a new brand of 100% Blue Weber agave tequila that is shaking things up with some unusual aging choices. In addition to a traditional Añejo Tequila, today we’ll be trying an expression that was aged in French oak Burgundy barrels as well as one that was aged in deep-charred American oak barrels. Let’s give them a try.

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