@Mr. WTF!,
Wow, there's a brutal choice... I'd be going in circles with that one as well, haha... I'm Irish but unfortunately i'm a pureblood, which means less biodiversity, hence more limted genetic development, etc, etc. It seems like the way to get the most favorable evolutionary traits is to have as diverse a racial blackground (sorry about the pun) as possible.... although i have heard arguments for Sudanese bloodlines, being the oldest, as potentially having the most time to make positive leaps and enhancements throughout the highest number of generations, leading to what seems to be the highest amount of dominant, read: "positive", or "strong", and the fewest recessive, weak, vulnerable etc traits... Who knows, but i dig genetics. I have noticed having the most dominant traits also leads to getting beat up by the police and followed around by security personnel at grocery stores, ironically.
As for your question, SUPPOSEDLY the Reposado and Aņejo tequilas, which tend to be darker from being aged in their casks longer, are supposed to be better, more mellow and refined through the ageing process... They are also consequently usually more expensive, since they take up real estate while they are ageing in huge casks, and because a certain amount of spirit is lost through the pores in the wood (lhe lost portion referred to by the Scotts and Irish as the "Angel's Share"...
--HOWEVER--
I tend to like most tequila in its "Blanco" or "Plata" state - unagedd, right off the receiver (or minimally aged. Just as i like some Single Malt Scotch Whisky young and fiery, particularly those from the island of Islay (pronounced "EYE-luh") in Kildalton Parrish, where the Malts tend to taste like ddriftwood beach fires, salt-spray, burning tires, bandages and surgical wards, heather and iodine, or a puff from a catterpillar's hookah and a mouthful of wild mushrooms, you name it, they probably distill it at LAphroaig, Ardbeg, Lagavullin, Caol Ila, (previously, mournfully) Port Ellen, and most lately, some interesting things have been pouring forth from Bruichladdich, like Octomore, which i am trying to negotiate the selling of a kidney on the black market to procure (it's actually a pig kidney, but very good quality - Shhh!)
Yeah, anyway, so i understand the dillemma of having a limited amout of Skrilla and an unlimited array of enticing distilled beverages and distilled steel with points, sharp edges and handles... One great advantage that knives seem to have is that they generaly last longer, and do not produce physical withdrawl symptoms when withdrawn (no D.T.s, etc), although the psychological compultion to posess either seems to be pretty much unlimited as far as i can tell...
Thanks for the translation of "El Tesoro" -- I would have to say that i think it lives up to its name, especially at around $25 for 750ml of the Blanco. Also, one of my favorite true budget tequilas is El Jimador. It's definitely nothing fancy, but it will hold its own against tequilas twice the price!
Let me know what you decide to do, yeah? Cool.
Easy Mr.,
-sr77dogg
