Tahona vs Roller Mill Tequila… Same Juice, SHOCKING Difference? (Blind Test)

[00:00:00] The same agave, the same cook time, the same fermentation, and the same distillation. The only difference is to hona versus roller mill. Today we're putting them to the test in a real true blind to find out if extraction method really changes the flavor in the tequila in your glass. First of all, I want to give a big thank you to the guys at Trujillo for sending out bottles to me. Some time ago. They sent me their whole, whole lineup and I've tasted through them and done some reviews and really love them. We also did get the opportunity, my wife and I, to visit the distillery and stay at Casa Trujillo. An absolutely incredible experience. I highly recommend it if you ever get to their facility. I'm a tohona guy, so this to me is going to remove the bias of knowing I like a tohona and it's going to see if I can pick it and know which one is my favorite one. So today we are using the solo blind. I have pre loaded these glasses and made the marks, marked the tags to know which one is which. So what we're going to do is we're going to taste them and we're going to see if there is truly a difference. So it's really cool. I mean, it does make this pretty interesting knowing that everything here is done the same way, except for just the tona and to know if this big volcanic rock imparts more flavors than this mechanical roller mill. So. So now's the big time to see. Let's go. Nice cooked agave. I pick up like a hint of a cherry note, which I really like. There's a nice floral note in there as well, almost like a maybe a cherry blossom and a nice earthiness as well. So let's dive into the next one here. Kind of the same cooked agave. There's a little more deeper minerality in this one and maybe a hint, more citrus than what I picked up in the other one. But the cherry note or that cherry blossom floral note is completely gone. So let's taste this one. Nice cooked agave, a lot of minerality, a nice cinnamon note, a little bit of a lime note in there. And the finish is a nice peppery finish. [00:02:07] It heats up really nice. It also has a nice viscosity to it, a really good mouthfeel. Let's dive into number two. Okay. There is this little bit of a cherry note, a little bit of a cinnamon note. The citrus is there as well, and it's less floral than what it was in the nose. The finish is completely different. The finish is it comes into this nice, spicy heat in the finish, but it is way longer and softer in its attack, if you will. So the first one, it was pepper. The second one, the heat kind of rises and it builds as it kind of comes into the mouth. So there's also a much lighter viscosity in this one than there is in this one. So based on tasting these before and just on mouthfeel and that cherry note that I picked up, I think this one is this one. So let's see what we got. [00:03:05] There we go. [00:03:07] So that means this one here is Donna. [00:03:12] So I can't tell you which one's my favorite because they're both delicious. But I would say that on tonight, like, my mood that I'm in for tequila, probably be less of the pepper and a little more of the fruitiness that I picked up in this one and a little more of the floral. So tonight, today, I'm going to say cheers to the Corinta, the roller mill product. [00:03:35] And I have a feeling if I would have done this blind, I would have probably picked the Tohona. Just because in my brain, I think the Tojona is always a much better tequila or a method of crushing. So can't go wrong with either of these. If you haven't tried Torrijo, check them out. They've got some great tequilas that the Manifesto 56 is absolutely unbelievable as a high proof, one of the best ones of last year. So if you haven't had it, give it a shot. If you've had both of these, drop it in the comments. Let me know what you think of Trujillo Tequila. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.