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Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 02:13 PM Jun 2012

Father's Day gifts for right-wing relatives.

It's not often, but there are times when conservatives don't mind getting cultured.

What do AK-47 and Mexico have in common?

If you guessed Tequila, you're right!

BROWNSVILLE — Taking shots of tequila has taken on new meaning.

Elaborate glass tequila bottles in red, blue and white — shaped like pistols, AK-47s, rifles, machetes and bullets — have been surfacing in the Rio Grande Valley in the past year or so.

The bottles — in sharp contrast to the clean lines and curves and the rich colors of more traditional tequila bottles — have been around for years in Mexico, where they are made.

David Hernandez, founder of the Holiday Wine & Liquor stores in the Rio Grande Valley, said the weapon-shaped bottles appeal primarily to collectors.

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/tequila-58366-bottles-weapon.html

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Father's Day gifts for right-wing relatives. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 OP
lol, that Total Wine and Spirits mentioned the other day OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #1
I went to buy Sake and was surprised to see the bottles on the counter. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #2
Nope, I think he's right OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #3
Didn't they try to make a tequila gun on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia? Initech Jun 2012 #4

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
1. lol, that Total Wine and Spirits mentioned the other day
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 02:45 PM
Jun 2012

has those in the back.

My wife was mad at me for skipping that in favor of a single malt scotch...the scotch had such a boring bottle...

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
2. I went to buy Sake and was surprised to see the bottles on the counter.
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 02:48 PM
Jun 2012

BTW, I ended up buying cold Sake. The store manager said that warm Sake is heated up to kill the impurities. But cold Sake is a better product? Did I get played?

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
3. Nope, I think he's right
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 03:25 PM
Jun 2012

Warm sake is fun but they do that more to kill the taste of bad sake...at least, that's what I keep hearing on TV. Cold Sake can be served cold because it already tastes good - but low end sake needs to be heated up - I dunno about "impurities" but if that's a euphemism for taste then it sounds about right from what I've seen on the Food channel...

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