Our Favorite Cocktail TequilasWhether you are mixing up a simple Margarita or a delicate and elegant stirred cocktail, these three bottles are some of our favorites when it comes to balancing quality and price, giving a heck of a lot of bang for your buck. Though easy drinking enough on their own, and certainly not rough, all three of these superstars show enough assertiveness to make themselves shine in cocktails, competing easily with bottles twice their price.

sodium chloride

yerba santa

and fleur de sel

grainy and spicy

Japanese whiskies are almost never bottled at cask strength

or even a ribeye fresh off the grill

The 15 Year’s nose opens with subtle fragrant pear notes that give way to aromas of raisin and pungent brown sugar

combined with soda water or added to sparkling wine

cloves and other roots and spices

The finish is sweet with vanilla and sweet corn

ripe plum fruitiness

Ingredients: cane sugar