Rookie Question - Chilled Tequila

[Patron]

Is it ok to purchase a bottle of tequila that has been in the cooler at my local beverage store? I enjoy my tequila at room temperature and was wondering if it effects the tast of the tequila if it's been chilled then brought back to room temp.

[Tequila Joe]

I would not purchase it, temp does affect tequila. One one of the topics on here we discussed it in depth.

[Patron]

Thanks, I did a search and was just reading other posts on the topic and I'm going to take your advice and not purchase the one that has been chilled.

[CaliTequilaSipperGirl]

Interesting ..... what if you live in the Midwest or East? Bottles sit in trucks and unheated warehouses for weeks/months at a time in temperatures at or below that of a store frig .......

My personal opinion is that once you have brought back to room temperature, it should be fine. Just by 2 cents though

Originally Posted by Tequila Joe

I would not purchase it, temp does affect tequila. One one of the topics on here we discussed it in depth.

[tvJefe]

I would think that if a store had a bottle in the cooler, they would have a bunch more not in the cooler.

[PRJack]

As an extension of this question...

Has anyone noticed their good Tequilas losing flavour and/or complexity once there is half a bottle or so remaining?

I mentioned this to another Tequila fan and he said that once you take the first shot out of a bottle it should be consumed in ~60 days or it will start to go stale. Then he said that unopened bottles should be stored in the freezer to stop that.

I was suspicious of that (he is a fan of Cabo Wabo, afterall ) and I'm wondering what anyone else has to say on that side of things.

[blagave]

I have not heard of tequila losing any flavors or needing to be drank with in 60 days of openning bottles or having to be stored in a refrigerator.
I have many bottles of tequila that have been open for years. In fact one of the bottles is Porfidio Barrique, which has the same wonderful taste as the day it was open. Trust me, if it had any chance of going bad after openning it.......I would have emptied the bottle that night. I keep my bottles inside cabinets or on the counter out of the sun light. The only thing I notice about an open bottle is evaporation.

As far as refrigeration....we have gone down this road before in the forum. I don't think refrigeration has any benefits to longivity of the tequila and if you drink tequila cold, some feel it softens the tastes of tequila.... not exactly the way to drink tequila if you ask me, but to each his own

[PRJack]

See, I noticed a very significant decline in flavour and texture to my bottle of Partida Anejo. And man was I disappointed. That very experience keeps me from opening some of my better bottles until I have this truly figured out.

Anytime there is evaporation there will have to be concurrent change to the chemistry and therefore taste.

I'm thinking that the real problem is 'loose fitting' corks! I've been toying with the idea of trying out one of those doodads that sucks air out of wine bottles for storage - no air, no degradation.

(p.s. tried to search for a thread on flavour loss - and words to that effect - but nothing came up).

[bluebanana97]

Originally Posted by PRJack

(p.s. tried to search for a thread on flavour loss - and words to that effect - but nothing came up).

try this one out..
http://www.tequila.net/tqforum/index...opic,51.0.html

[PRJack]

Originally Posted by bluebanana97

try this one out..
http://www.tequila.net/tqforum/index...opic,51.0.html

Thanks! (guess I should've typed in 'go bad' as a search term! d'oh!)

That pretty much confirms what I thought/knew. I think I'll go with the 'air removal thingy' rather than storing bottles in the fridge or freezer... my wife would eventually start to get frustrated with that!