Archive for the ‘tequila’ Category
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Sayulita, Tastings, events, tequila, the Sayulita Tequila Journal
Your friendly neighborhood self-destructive author, about to bust open his new bottle of Don Fernando T.K.O. - 40th Birthday, October 09
Don Fernando’s TKO Plata 100 x 100 is a unique tequila, and I don’t just mean that the bottle is a bright red glass boxing glove. Honestly, at first glance, this bottle comes across as [...]
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexico, press, tequila
Today I found out that this little diary of one man’s love-affair with distilled alcoholic beverages, this diatribe of debauchery and devotion, the Sayulita Tequila Journal had been put on a top 10 list of Best Tequila websites! So cool. Naturally, I drank to this good news. And drank. And drank. It made a cloudy [...]
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Tastings, mezcal, raicilla, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
Another rockin’ time at the S.F.T. Tequila bar here in Sayulita. More fun with Grover and Scarlet from TasteTequila.com, at the end of the day, with the famous skull and crossbones coke bottle booze (see my posting where we previously reviewed the Raicilla from this very same bottle HERE). In this bottle is Raicilla, a [...]
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexico, Tastings, tequila
One thing I love about my life (being an Alcoholic), is that I get to meet lots of other great people with similar interests (Alcoholics), and talk (drink) with them. I have lots of great drinking pals in my town of Sayulita Mexico, main one being my wife and prime-enabler Andrea, with my sober home-boy [...]
Mark Alberto Holt and The World International Tequila Conference
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Idol worship, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, bartenders, events, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
(L to R) Mark Alberto Holt, the Fiend (me!) and Son, Maximo Lobo
I met Mark Alberto Holt in 2004 when we hired him and his restaurant, Sayulita Fish Taco, to host our rehearsal dinner for our wedding in Sayulita. We had heard from local friends of this great guy, full of life and character, and [...]
Tequila and Bourbon - 2 great tastes that taste great forever
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Bourbon, Drinking partners, Love, My Friends, Tastings, USA, Wisdom, tequila
“When I die, may the devils dancing on my grave have hearts full of fancy, songs full of madness, and glasses full of Bourbon and Tequila, spilling down onto the dirt above me.” - Me, today Sept 10 2009
My Father-in-law, the honorable Billy Stoops (Blues madman and soul-twangin’ leader of Junkyard Jane and Billy Roy [...]
Mixtos, Bum Wines, Cheap booze and more drunk for your buck
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Ed Schwartz, Mark Alberto Holt, My life, Tastings, Wasted..., Youth, bum wine, mixtos, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
Above: the Author, full of Cuervo Especial during his first tattoo, circa 1986
For most my drinking life, a life that has been long and prosperous, I have focused my laser-beam dedication to alcohol around affordable (read: cheap) and easily attainable (corner store) booze. From the very start, I ran with the lowest of the [...]
In honor of the Happy Hour(s)
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My life, events, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
Happy Hour. The name itself implies so much goodness in such a short span of time that it barely fits into my demanding and satisfaction craving brain (see years of drug use and dopamine spending). An hour? Shit, I can barely figure out what I want to drink in an hour, much less get super [...]
Vintage Tequila themed (and fueled) albums
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under music, tequila
Here are some awesome old Tequila and Mexico themed albums. My dad passed on to me not only his love of great music, but also his enjoyment of a great album cover. These are a few gems.
My fave cover of them all! A classic Tejano musician, with a knack for not only great covers but [...]
The Cult of the Blue Agave’s Daughter (and why for once I hate bacon)
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexico, My life, tequila
Swine Flu. Lord, am I sick of hearing about this bug. Surely no matter where in the world you are, you know about this supposed sickness that is endangering the world, and all we hold dear. The end of civilization, a pandemic in waiting… oh lord. The news is eating it up. Well, it is [...]
5inco de Mayo in Sayulita + the Imbiber
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexican Holiday, Mexico, events, tequila
I love to read what other drinkers have to say, and to reflect my addiction to flavor, taste, and gosh darn… Alcohol, to theirs. I enjoy reading about drinking, I watch movies about people who love a good time under the influence, and I appreciate a dedication and documentation of it all. Online [...]
Mezcal, Raicilla, Mexican Moonshine, and the (in)famous Worm
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexico, My life, Tastings, mezcal, moonshine, raicilla, tequila
“It’s Mezcal with me…Tequila, no, that is helpful and delightful, just like beer. Good for you. But If I ever start to drink Mezcal again, I’m afraid, yes, that would be the end…” - Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
Moonshine. Everclear. Bathtub Gin. Mezcal. Raicilla. Since the start of times, humans have been catching a good [...]
Love your Bartender
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Wisdom, bartenders, tequila
If you are any kind of self respecting Drinker, you not only know your bartender’s name, but you think so highly of him or her, that their name could be the name you give one of your future children, Boy or girl… Yes, the relationship with your Bartender is paramount to a good drinking experience, [...]
Ed Schwartz - a nose for the good stuff
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Ed Schwartz, Mexico, My life, Tastings, press, tequila
My good friend Ed Schwartz is the kind of guy you want to sit and have a drink with. Luckily our friendship allows this and more. He is a long time Wine industry rep and enthusiast, and has now turned his attention to what Mexican’s call “vino”, our dear Tequila. Ed and his wife [...]
White is the color of my true love’s Tequila
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Blancos, Love, tequila
Growing up in 1980’s northern California, and being a good time rock-n-roll sort of fella, Tequila represented a number of things to my crew. It represented the truest way to get drunk - “liquid cocaine” we called it, no less. It represented the drinker at his roughest - the hardest of the hard, a toughie, [...]
Welcome to the Tequila Journal…
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Love, Mexico, My Friends, My life, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
My name is Gabbi Villarrubia, and I like to drink. Like is a soft word in a hard world to describe my love of drinking, and even though my world is far from hard, I like to soften the edges with a drink. Often. Though I would comfortably say I like all sorts of drinks [...]
Wisdom from behind the bar
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Wisdom, bartenders, tequila
I don’t just drink at my favorite bar, I listen… Mark talks. Here is some recent wisdom I learn and live by…
“With all the rush-rush in life, I have gone on a new campaign. “Sipping for a longer Life”
By slowing down, it lets a person relax for a moment and regain ones self. [...]
Sweet Sweet Tequila, the blood of Christ or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bottle(s)
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Ed Schwartz, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Tastings, bartenders, events, tequila
I have had a long and fruitful love affair with alcohol. I often want to write about it , but hesitate, full of worry that my loved ones will see my affection for this bottled elixir in a wrong light. I don’t worry much, as a man of 39 years, well schooled in hard knocks [...]
