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Just wanted to share some local grub, dink was included

Twin Liquors has a big sale going on called Dollar Days. It's a dumb name, but they are discounting anywhere from $50-$10 on a lot of their inventory.

Decided to drive to my second furthest away Twin Liquors to look for some Charanda. Unfortunately they had none, but decided to enjoy their free AC and walked every aisle and found this lone beauty.

For $25 its the biggest deal I have found in the wild. I asked if they had more of any of their lineup, but no luck. I own the 110 bottle and looking forward to try the 40 proof.

So if you have a a TwinL near you it might be worth checking out today.

Ingredients:

1 Lime/Wedges

1/2 oz Granulated White Sugar

1/2 oz Simple Syrup

1 dash of Salt

3 drops Lime Bitters

2 oz Charanda (50% estate grown cane juice distilled on a copper pot still, and 50% molasses distilled on a modified french style column still)

Instructions:

Cut lime in wedges, drop in glass, add sugar, then muddle. Add the rest of the ingredients in the glass and top off with pebble ice, I used Sonic ice. Use bar spoon to mix/incorporate all ingredients.

I was very excited to get this bottle (Clement Canne Bleu 50%) bc I love Rhum Agricoles. Kuleana is my favorite. This Canne Bleu however had darker aromas and the flavors were more heavy and sharp instead of bright and crisp, so I figured I would try an extra lime forward Daiquiri.

The Clement still pushed through, but I definitely felt a warmness, not a warm hug, but definitely felt like if I had made a Daiquiri with a molasses rum instead of an Agricoles. Still enjoyable, but not looking forward to try something new with this Celement.

Ingredients:

2oz Clement

1oz Lime

1oz Agave

3 Dashes Lime Bitters

1 Small Dash of Salt

Instructions:

Chill glass and only bring out when ready to transfer. Put all Ingredients in a shaker, add a cup of pebble ice, shake and strain in chilled glass.

It's a Tommy's Margarita/Smash rift. The blanco I used 110 proof and very heavy in the minerals, so the slight sweetness and refreshing qualities of the Tuna complimented the spirit. These green Tunas in my opinion taste like a sweet cucumber/watermelon.

Ingredients:

2oz Tequila

1oz Agave

1oz Lime

1 Peeled Tuna

Dash of salt

Instructions:

Pour Tequila and smash/muddle Tuna together. I did it for about 30 seconds until no chunky pieces left. Then I did a dry shake and strained the mixture, I did not want to deal with the seeds/fruit later.

Pour the rest of Ingredients in to shaker, add a cup of pebble ice (I used Sonic this time), then shake and strain into a glass filled with pebble ice.

When prepping the Tuna you chop of both ends, I used a slice of the pointy end to garnish the glass.

I'll be very honest, my fatass loved driving the extra 30 min to this location. They made real loaded nachos, real loaded flaming hots with chese, killer loaded fries, and pizzas and wings were always made to order.

When I say real I mean they poured the cheese and chili from a cauldren. The lines for food was always long and took forever, but my fatass didn't mind missing the trailers.

They eliminated the hot food kiosk and now everything is prepackaged and quality has gone way down in the past couple of months.

Who made the decision, is this temporary, or just part of the new economy?

I'm incredibly happy for this haul. I have been saving up for a new haul for a while and carefully decided what to get. I have not had proper pours from any of these bottles, but I did taste a couple.

La Pulga Red Corn is an agave and cinnamon bomb. I'm very curious how what I taste will change once it opens up and do a proper pour. This was a last minute edition, but I suspect I will go search for a backup bottle.

Terralta XA might be the most well-balanced aged Tequila I have tried. I get agave and oak, but no tannins, again this was not a proper pour, so just my initial reaction.

Terralta 110 Blanco was very mineral forward, absolutely no brine (very good thing for my palate), may be one of the longest lingering tasting Tequilas I have had, and it 100% doesn't drink like a 110, very approachable.

Mijenta Añejo smelled like sweet oak and maybe white pepper, I did not try it, only smelled it, it was pretty late when I got home and started opening bottles.

I'm going to wait for the weekend to invite family to do proper pours during a carne asada.