>> LIVE FROM MARKET SQUARE IN
DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, TH IS
"SA LIVE."
>> Mike: IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO
RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF A LIBATION.
AND IT ALSO HELPS OUT A LOCAL
COMPANY.
MARCO IS HERE AND SOME GREAT
MIXES WITH TEQUILA.
THIS IS A LOCAL COMPANY, YOU
SAID?
>> IN LEANDER, TEXAS.
NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN.
SMALL TOWN.
>> Mike: AND THREE DIFFERENT
GRADES, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY,
OF TEQUILA.
>> YES.
WE HAVE THE BLANCO TEQUILA.
BLANCO IS UNAGED.
THEN WE HAVE --
>> Mike: THE BLUE BOTTLE.
>> THE RED POSADO.
IT MEANS AGED IN SPANISH.
AND THIS ONE IS AGED FOR 18
MONTHS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE
TYPES.
>> Mike: WHAT ARE WE MAKING
TODAY?
>> THE FIRST DRINK WE'RE GOING
MAKE IS A TEQUILA OLD
FASHIONED.
WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE RED
POSADO.
>> Mike: TEQUILA HAS REALLY
COME INTO BEING NOT JUST DOING A
TEQUILA SUNRISE OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
REALLY MAKING THE GOOD SPECIALTY
DRINKS.
>> IT CAN BE LOOKED AT LIKE
ALMOST DRINKING A SCOTCH.
YOU CAN HAVE IT BY ITSELF.
THERE'S A LOT OF CRAFTMANSHIP
GOING INTO TEQUILA.
JUST A COUPLE OF DASHES.
AND THEN WE'RE GOI TO TAKE T
REPOSADO AND ADD A DASH.
HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
>> Mike: I'M COMFORTABLE WITH
THAT.
I'VE NEVER HEARD A BARTENDER SAY
WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
>> AND JUST A DASH OF AGAVE
NECTAR.
>> Mike: JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE
SQUIRT THERE.
>> THE REASON WHY W USE AGAVE
NECTAR AS A SWEETENER, IT IS
MADE FROM THE EXACT PLANT
TEQUILA IS MADE FROM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ORANGE
FOR THE GARNISH.
IT'S MORE FOR THE AROMATIC.
>> Mike: AND WITH TEQUILAS,
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SERVE
THEM?
ROOM TEMPERATURE?
COLD?
>> IT'S A PREFERENCE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE EATING AS WELL.
SOMEBODY MIGHT LIKE THEIR
TEQUILA COLD OR MAYBE THEY LIKE
IT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
DRINKS ARE SUBJECTIVE, IT'S WHAT
YOU LIKE.
>> Mike: AND BECAUSE THERE'S
THE DIFFERENT AGINGS AND PRICE
POINTS TO IT, THE ONE THAT'S
AGED THE MOST, THAT'S THE ONE
YOU WANT TO SIP ON.
>> YES.
THAT ONE RELATIVE TO ALMOST LIKE
A FINE WINE OR PORT.
OR YOU CAN JUST HAVE IT BY
ITSELF AND YOU CAN SIP ON IT.
POUR THE ICE INTO THE MIXING
CUP.
>> Mike: I KNEW IF I JUMPED
THE GUN I WOULD GET IN TROUBLE
HERE.
>> LET'S POUR SOME OF THE
TEQUILA IN HERE.
THIS IS THE BLANCO, OR THE
SILVER.
>> Mike: AGAIN, UNTIL YOU'RE
COMFORTABLE.
>> UNTIL YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.
AND WE HAVE FRESH SQUEEZED LIME
JUICE.
THAT'S GOOD.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRIPLE SEC
AND THIS IS JUST A DASH.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER THIS
A SKINNY MARGARITA.
SO IT'S LESS CALORIES, LESS
SUGAR.
>> Mike: SO SHAKE IT UP?
>> FLIP IT OVER.
PERFECT.
>> Mike: IS THIS GOING IN
THERE?
>> THIS IS GOING INTO THIS
GLASS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MARGARITA
ON THE ROCKS.
>> Mike: OH, THE WHOLE THING.
WITH A NICE LITTLE GARNISH ON
TOP, AND CHEERS.
>> SALUD.
>> Mike: PRICE POINTS ON
THESE, COMPARABLE TO A REALLY
GOOD BOTTLE OF SCOTCH FOR THE
ONE THAT'S AGED THE MOST.
>> IT'S ABOUT NOT BREAKING THE
BANK.
MAKING A HIGH QUALITY TEQUILA
BUT AT A GOOD PRICE RANGE.
LOW 40s.
>> Mike: AND YOU CAN FIND IT
LOCALLY?
>> A LOT OF LIQUOR STORES.
WE ALSO HAVE THEM IN VARIOUS
BARS WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND
OBVIOUSLY ORDER A DRINK.
>> Mike: AND THE BOTTLES
THEMSELVES ARE REALLY COOL