If Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila could be called anything else, it would be simply called delicious. Cabo Wabo Tequila was brought to life in 1996 on the back roads of Guadalajara -el centro of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. After what seemed like eons of time searching for tequila of good enough quality to serve at the cantina and call his own, Sammy Hagar linked with a small Mexican Tequila maker that had been in operation since 1937. Although some of the players have changed since the birth and rise of Cabo Wabo Tequila, it continues to be grown and hand made by a well-established tequila family with deep roots in the tequila fields of Jalisco. And these pioneers of quenching the tequila thirst should be thanked.
This is a tequila that is great for shots as well as being used for the main magic in mixed drinks. When shooting, it has that same great bar dancing, girl flashing, wake up lost without any memory, straight tequila taste that we all have grown to love. But where Cabo really shines is in mixed drinks. Upon first sipping, you can barely taste its sweet kiss (and trust me I mixed a lot). But the after taste has an awesome light tequila kick, just to let you know that delicious Cabo Wabo tequila was mixed into your tasty beverage. It fails to give a strong liquor buzz but, if you are not out to get totally trashed, that is a good thing.
The hefty $58 price tag on this may seem a bit high, but it easily lives up to the cost in flavor. At bars a Cabo Wabo drink will cost somewhere from $8- $10, so I would not recommend it as the “get drunk at the bar” tequila (and it will take a few to get you drunk). But for a nice Tequila to have around the house, splurging for the Cabo Wabo Reposado is well worth it.
So, if you have some extra cash and want to try a great tequila that won’t make you feel like you just paid too much for a sloppy lap dance, then this is the stuff for you. If you just want to get wasted and don’t care how, I would suggest to just stick to cheaper tequila.
Shootability - 8.0
Mixability - 8.5
Drunkability - 5.0
Hangover-ability - 7.0
Bang for the Buck - 3.0
Overall - 7.0 
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I drink…I drink a lot as a matter of fact, so when I say that Cabo is the only tequila I drink, that aught to tell you something. Like the review says, cabo is great when you’re gulping it by the mouthful but is really best in mixed drinks. It makes the best margarita you will ever have, bar none, and you know the beasts wouldn’t lie.
God bless Sammy Hagar!
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Sammy Hagar is my hero. Great Music and Great Tequila. I love Cabo Wabo Tequila. Ask any of my friends what I always drink.
WOW. I was going to buy some patron for this lovely Halloween night. Sooooo glad I got this magical nectar instead. Just as smooth. Cheaper. Delicious. Let’s just hope the rappers never fall for this gem or it will cost as much as that other junk I was gonna buy. P.S. I still love patron. But I would marry my dear cabo
I wasn’t that impressed on the solo drinking.
I came into tequilla only in the past year, expanding from a deep appreciation of whiskeys. I have approached Tequilla in much the same way as I had whiskeys, really trying to find and appreciate the wealth of flavors, not as something to be shot or mixed. I also disagree with the “traditional” lime and salt, as It only seems to distract from the liquor. Cabo Wabo doesn’t live up, and certainly not to contemporaries in its price range. It is good, far superior to mixtos tequillas, but its flavors are all too subtle and it has an almost false tasting sweet finish. It’s a good drink but after many tastings I’d reccomend anyone serious about drinking liquors to seek elsewhere. The similarly priced Don Julio’s is a much better alternative with deep rich smoky flavors and peppery agave sweetness very apparent in it’s reposado. Also the easily available and less expensive Hornitos is a great choice.
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I surfed into your site from a reference in Wikipedia at the bottom of their page on Tequila. I went there because I wanted to learn more about the correct way to drink Tequila after reading a small announcement in November’s Playboy Magazine about Cabo Wabo’s new “Cabo Uno” Tequila, aged for 38 months selling for a whopping $250. I got wondering whether its worth paying that much for a bottle of Tequila, seeing as my experience with Tequila is of the lowly shot and margarita variety. In all, my curiosity has been piqued and I shall experiment more widely and take Tequila off the “never-again-god-my-head” list and give it a few more chances and find out the differences in taste between 100% Agave tequila and the differently aged versions. We’ll see if it tops my list winner Lagavulin Whisky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagavulin_Single_Malt)
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