{"id":1686,"date":"2011-04-01T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2011-04-01T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:35:34","slug":"bargain-battle-7-el-ultimo-agave-reposado-vs-rebano-sagrada-caballito-cerrero-episode-73-tequila-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"Bargain Battle 7: El Ultimo Agave reposado vs. Rebano Sagrada &#038; Caballito Cerrero (episode 73) tequila review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/hfYcgrCDHQA\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to play \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d with our current reposado bargain champion, <strong>El Ultimo Agave!<\/strong> Since attaining the title of \u201cBargain Battle Champion\u201d, this reposado has been undefeated.\u00a0 Watch this episode\u2019s thrilling smack down and see if <strong>EUA<\/strong> will continue its merciless reign!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s summertime in the Man-Cave as the spring clouds have finally parted and the sun is heating up all the little creatures (and POISONOUS PLANTS) on the mountain.\u00a0 <strong>Lippy<\/strong> decides to crank up the surf tunes this week and regales the chat room with tales of his festering POISON OAK-enrashed leg! (will he show it on camera?)\u00a0 Also watch for the winner of the weekly <strong>Fortaleza<\/strong> Trivia Contest.\u00a0 An action-packed episode of CHAMPIONSHIP proportions!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE NOTES:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both <strong>Rebano Sagrado<\/strong> repo (NOM 1528)\u00a0 &amp; <strong>Caballito Cerrero<\/strong> repo (NOM 1433) were weak challengers to the mighty <strong>El Ultimo Agave<\/strong>.\u00a0 Both had a constricted flavor profile which featured a bit too much acetone\/petroleum ester in their mid-palate offerings.\u00a0 Seems like the \u201cheads &amp; tails\u201d cut was much too W I D E on these bargain repos (hence their cheaper price?).\u00a0 Nothing to see here, keep moving, people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Ultimo Agave<\/strong> reposado on the other hand remains a solid bargain bottle.\u00a0 For approximately $15 it brings a solid platform of sweet oak (if over-oaked a bit) with big notes of clove and star anise.\u00a0 It\u2019s saving grace amid this wash of thick, ham-handed flavors is its central AGAVE core which comes through pealing like a courtyard bell in a Mexican plaza at 5:00 A.M.\u00a0 Challengers beware- this is your WAKE-UP CALL!\u00a0 <strong>EUA<\/strong> needs to be watching its back however, as it\u2019s sweet clovey-allspice flavor enhancement is starting to annoy.<\/p>\n<p>Is there no agave warrior mighty enough to vanquish <strong>El Ultimo Agave<\/strong>?\u00a0 Stay tuned for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bargain Bottle Battle 8<\/span>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to play \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d with our current reposado bargain champion, El Ultimo Agave! Since attaining the title of \u201cBargain Battle Champion\u201d, this reposado has been undefeated.\u00a0 Watch this episode\u2019s thrilling smack down and see if EUA will continue its merciless reign!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[380,91,127,379,166,171,193,218],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-show","tag-caballito-cerrero","tag-el-ultimo-agave","tag-lippy","tag-rebano-sagrado","tag-reposado","tag-review","tag-tequila","tag-whisperer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tequilawhisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}