CO Tequila Aficionados' first tasting

[hreyes]

I have told a few people around here that I was starting a tequila tasting club here in Denver, CO. and I am please to anounce that we had our first tasting about two weeks ago, August 30th. I didn't get a chance to post about the event here before because I've been crazy busy at work and then I took a five day vacation last week.

The event went great. It was hosted by CHAMA and we had about 25 people showing up and a couple more people that happaned to be there joined us. we had the full line up of El Tesore de Don Felipe, plus some Jimador Anejo, Chinaco Reposado, Casa Noble Crystal, and Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia (2004). Drake Busch, Bar Manager at CHAMA, was nice enough to give us a little introduction to Tequila, including explanations on what Tequila is, how it is produced, some tips on tasting tequila and some recommendations of tequilas we might want to try.

I am also working on a website for the group, and I am planning on releasing it sometime next week, I'll keep you all posted on that. here are some pictures frome the event. If any of you are ever traveling to Denver, drop me a line, maybe we'll have a tasting that week. The next tasting won't be until the middle of next month due to scheduling issues with my job, family events and some more traveling, and it will probably be a bit more expensive (this first one was only $10.00 per person)

[blagave]

wow....what a nice first tasting for your group...very cool that you have been able to get a group of 25 togehter for the very first tasting. Look forward to hearing more.

[MrAgave]

I was bummed I couldn't make it Hector, but you know I will definitely be a regular in the club. Glad it went well, I'm looking forward to your next one!

[Rosco]

congrats on your event, really cool that you could pull it together, nice turn out! 10.00 bucks was a good way to start, so what name for the club did you finally settle on?...

[hreyes]

I went with Colorado Tequila Aficionados, or simply Tequila Aficionados. However, it may change, since I found some people who had some trouble spelling the word "Aficionados".

[Tequila Joe]

Originally Posted by hreyes

I went with Colorado Tequila Aficionados, or simply Tequila Aficionados. However, it may change, since I found some people who had some trouble spelling the word "Aficionados".

I would be careful using the name because there is already a group called Tequila Aficionado. If you ask their approval to use the name it may not be a problem. Just a thought. Good luck with the group.

[MrAgave]

Originally Posted by Tequila Joe

I would be careful using the name because there is already a group called Tequila Aficionado. If you ask their approval to use the name it may not be a problem. Just a thought. Good luck with the group.

TequilaAficionado.com is an online informative site, TequilaAficionados.com looks like a few guys doing tastings. I don't see either names trademarked, so you can probably call it whatever you want. Obviously you'll have to find a different domain name if you stick with TequilaAficionados.com

When are you posting your web site?

[hreyes]

well, nothing is posted there yet, but I've got ColoradoTequilaAficionados.com (I know way too long!) and TequilaAficionados.net. and I will be buying one more if I do change the name. I will defenetely post the news here when I roll it out.