{"title":"Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlanco, reposado, añejo and cristalino tequila, most of it 100% blue agave. Patrón and Don Julio from the Jalisco highlands, Espolón and El Jimador from Los Altos and Amatitán, the full 1800 range, and Jose Cuervo and Sierra for mixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe line that matters most in this category is 100% agave versus mixto. A mixto blends agave with other sugars and is built for volume drinks; 100% agave is what you want if the tequila is meant to taste of anything on its own. Both are listed here and each product page says which it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1800-silver","title":"1800 Silver Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eMade by Casa Cuervo in Jalisco from 100% Weber blue agave. The name marks 1800, the year the producer dates the first aging of tequila in oak, and the squat trapezoidal bottle is meant to echo a Mayan pyramid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnaged, so what you taste is the agave itself — clean, peppery and faintly herbal, with citrus through the finish. The house benchmark for a margarita, and good enough to drink over ice with a wedge of lime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063863030,"sku":"SH-TEQ-1800-SILVER-700","price":89.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-411a9159bd7ddc8cbdc1fa68a58f8135.png?v=1788448626"},{"product_id":"1800-reposado","title":"1800 Reposado Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same 100% blue agave spirit as the Silver, rested in American and French oak before bottling. Reposado means rested: months in wood rather than the years of an añejo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe oak rounds off the pepper without burying the agave — expect vanilla, butterscotch and a little toasted spice over the green, mineral core. The middle of the range, and the one that suits a Tommy's margarita or an Old Fashioned built on tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063895798,"sku":"SH-TEQ-1800-REPOSADO-700","price":90.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-141b2d16188ba2612292c5b83f3bf086.png?v=1788448596"},{"product_id":"1800-anejo","title":"1800 Añejo Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eAged in French and American oak for over a year, then blended — añejo is the category's long-aged tier, and it is where tequila starts to behave like whisky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarker and rounder: caramel, dried fruit and oak spice, with the agave sitting underneath rather than out front. Drink it neat, in a glass with some room, and treat it as a sipping spirit rather than a mixer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572063928566,"sku":"SH-TEQ-1800-ANEJO-700","price":94.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-542e84271c43e4f1bfa55071bb511531.png?v=1788447663"},{"product_id":"1800-cristalino","title":"1800 Cristalino Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn añejo that has been filtered back to clear. Cristalino is a modern Mexican style: take the oak-aged spirit, strip the colour, and keep the weight — the result looks like a blanco and tastes like something much older.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanilla and toasted oak with a clean agave lift and no colour to warn you of it. A genuine conversation piece on a shelf, and an easy one to pour for someone who thinks they do not like tequila.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064026870,"sku":"SH-TEQ-1800-CRISTALINO-700","price":109.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-72691d9ec25822affa42150f8d1eb634.png?v=1788448524"},{"product_id":"1800-coconut","title":"1800 Coconut","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilver tequila blended with coconut. A flavoured bottling rather than a straight tequila, and bottled at lower strength than the rest of the 1800 range — worth knowing before you build a drink around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet toasted coconut over the agave, soft and easy. It is made for mixing: a coconut margarita, a long pour over ice with pineapple, or soda and lime on a hot afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064059638,"sku":"SH-TEQ-1800-COCONUT-700","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-421a4cadf0dcf498077cf1310747df91.png?v=1788447703"},{"product_id":"patron-silver","title":"Patrón Silver Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistilled at Hacienda Patrón in the Jalisco highlands from 100% Weber blue agave, using both a traditional stone tahona and a roller mill, with the two spirits blended. Every bottle is individually numbered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright and clean: fresh agave, citrus and black pepper, with a smooth finish and none of the burn the category is unfairly known for. Expensive for a blanco and unusually good in a margarita where you can actually taste it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrón Spirits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064092406,"sku":"SH-TEQ-PATRON-SILVER-700","price":85.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-d547741469140469b15449fc6620a195.png?v=1788449188"},{"product_id":"jose-cuervo-especial-silver","title":"Jose Cuervo Especial Silver","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world's biggest-selling tequila brand, made by Casa Cuervo in Tequila, Jalisco, where the family has been distilling since the 1700s. Especial is a mixto — a blend of blue agave with other sugars — rather than a 100% agave tequila, which is why it sits where it does on price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight, soft and a little sweet, with pepper on the finish. Built for volume mixing: margaritas by the jug, palomas, and anything with lime and salt in it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064190710,"sku":"SH-TEQ-JOSE-CUERVO-ESPECIAL-SILVER-700","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-e975cb90b7e84adb49aaeeff7305d85a.png?v=1788450345"},{"product_id":"don-julio-blanco","title":"Don Julio Blanco Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003eDon Julio González started distilling at Atotonilco el Alto in the Jalisco highlands in 1942, at seventeen, and the house is one of the reasons highland agave has the reputation it does. 100% blue agave, unaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean and fresh, with sweet cooked agave, citrus and a light peppery finish — rounder and less aggressive than most blancos. Excellent in a margarita and perfectly good neat, which is not true of every tequila at this price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tequila Don Julio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064223478,"sku":"SH-TEQ-DON-JULIO-BLANCO-700","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-f85de7a18aaef215141d7c3293b295a8.png?v=1788448491"},{"product_id":"tequila-blu","title":"Tequila Blu","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 100% blue agave tequila from ASM Liquor, distilled in Mexico by master distiller Agustín Sánchez, who has spent four decades in the industry. 100% agave rather than a mixto, which is the line that matters most in this category and the one most brands at this price do not cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean and smooth, with cooked agave at the centre and a soft finish — made to be drunk rather than shot. Good in a margarita where the agave is meant to show through, and good enough to sip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tequila Blu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064256246,"sku":"SH-TEQ-BLU-700","price":75.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-7a6e8e49d1a19aefb745a5f1a88fbf68.png?v=1788450298"},{"product_id":"jose-cuervo-especial-reposado","title":"Jose Cuervo Especial Reposado","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rested counterpart to Especial Silver, from the same Casa Cuervo house in Jalisco and likewise a mixto rather than a 100% agave tequila. Time in oak is what separates the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolden, softer and sweeter than the Silver, with caramel and light oak over the agave. The standard pour for a tequila sunrise, and an easy mixer with ginger beer or cola.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Cuervo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064289014,"sku":"SH-TEQ-JOSE-CUERVO-ESPECIAL-REPOSADO-700","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-7dc9fefccf5b0907ad817649bbfbee68.png?v=1788450272"},{"product_id":"sierra-tequila-reposado","title":"Sierra Tequila Reposado","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same house as Sierra Silver, given time in oak before bottling. Reposado means rested — months in wood, not years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolden and noticeably softer, with vanilla and caramel taking the edge off the pepper. The more forgiving of the two to drink over ice, and the better one for a tequila and ginger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Destilería Sierra Unida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064813302,"sku":"SH-TEQ-SIERRA-TEQUILA-REPOSADO-700","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/SierraResTequila.webp?v=1788448447"},{"product_id":"espolon-tequila-reposado","title":"Espolón Tequila Reposado","description":"\u003cp\u003eMade at Destiladora San Nicolás in Los Altos, Jalisco, from 100% blue agave, and rested in American oak. The Día de los Muertos engraving on the label is by the artist Steven Noble — the bottle is a large part of why this one sells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanilla and caramel from the oak over bright highland agave, with grilled pineapple and a little pepper on the finish. Punches well above its price, and it is the bottle bartenders reach for when the margarita has to be good and cheap at once.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Destiladora San Nicolás","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064846070,"sku":"SH-TEQ-ESPOLON-TEQUILA-REPOSADO-700","price":76.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/icon-256-256-true-916234b5ebecd12d75c725fcd1075c9d.png?v=1788448556"},{"product_id":"el-jimador-reposado","title":"El Jimador Tequila Reposado","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same 100% agave spirit as the Blanco, rested in American oak at Casa Herradura before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoft vanilla and light caramel over the agave, with the herbal edge of the Blanco still coming through rather than being covered up. The easiest of the range to drink neat, and a good first step for anyone moving off mixtos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Herradura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064878838,"sku":"SH-TEQ-EL-JIMADOR-REPOSADO-700","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/ElJimadorTequilares_00ae15e1-7f3e-4733-8120-e701cee9f9c1.webp?v=1788448238"},{"product_id":"patron-anejo","title":"Patrón Añejo Tequila","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrón's oak-aged expression, matured in a mix of barrel types and blended — the same highland agave and the same numbered bottle as the Silver, given time in wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanilla, dried fruit and honeyed oak with the agave still clearly present, finishing warm and gently spiced. A sipping tequila, and a very good introduction to what aging does to the category.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrón Spirits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064911606,"sku":"SH-TEQ-PATRON-ANEJO-700","price":119.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/Patron_Anejo.webp?v=1788447881"},{"product_id":"el-jimador-blanco","title":"El Jimador Tequila Blanco","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Casa Herradura at Amatitán in Jalisco, made from 100% blue agave grown on the estate. It is named for the jimadores — the field workers who cut the agave by hand with a coa, a job that has not been mechanised in two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrisp and herbal, with cooked agave, citrus and a clean peppery finish. One of the best-value 100% agave blancos on the shelf, and a serious step up from any mixto at a similar price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Herradura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064944374,"sku":"SH-TEQ-EL-JIMADOR-BLANCO-700","price":67.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/ElJimadorTequilaBlanco.webp?v=1788448113"},{"product_id":"sierra-tequila-silver","title":"Sierra Tequila Silver","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistilled in Mexico and bottled with the little red sombrero cap that has made it recognisable behind bars across Europe and Australia. A mixto rather than a 100% agave tequila — priced and built accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClean and straightforward: light agave, a touch of citrus, a short peppery finish. A workhorse for margaritas, shots and anything long with lime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Destilería Sierra Unida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572064977142,"sku":"SH-TEQ-SIERRA-TEQUILA-SILVER-700","price":66.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4361\/7014\/files\/SierraSilverTequila.webp?v=1788448031"},{"product_id":"olmeca-altos-plata-tequila-700ml","title":"Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAltos Plata is the unaged expression from a distillery in the Highlands of Jalisco, made with agave grown at altitude and built with bartenders in mind. 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