Seeing how much we liked the Cabo Wabo Reposado, we couldn’t help but try the clear Cabo Wabo Blanco. As with all blanco tequila, you can’t expect it to taste as refined as the reposado or anjeo versions, but you can count on it getting you drunk, causing memory loss, and giving you a hangover the next morning (you know, all the fun parts of drinking). Starting with the first sip of from this Cabo’s bottle, you know it’s going to be a long night that you will only recall 30 minutes of the next day.
To recap for all you guys who don’t remember, here’s a little Cabo history. Cabo Wabo tequila was brought to life in 1996 on the back roads of Guadalajara 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 producer that had been in operation since 1937. Although some of the players have changed since the birth and rise of Cabo Wabo, it continues to be grown and handmade by a well-established tequila family with deep roots in the tequila fields of Jalisco. Now with that out of the way, we can talk about the important stuff a.k.a the Cabo Wabo Blanco.
The Cabo Blanco really embodies the difference between the flavor of blanco and reposado tequila. The Cabo Blanco burns pretty harshly. The burning from this tequila overpowers the agave flavor. It’s still there, but you really can’t pull the flavor out of the tequila until after you swallow. With that said, the aftertaste is great. It’s a mildly sweet agave flavor that ends up being rather delicious after it goes down. But with the kind of burn that this blanco gives when it first hits your tongue, putting out a burning match in your mouth could be considered pleasant. Luckily, there are a few easy fixes for this: you can chill the shot or simply mix it. A mixer to Cabo Wabo Blanco is like a team of firemen sent in to handle the wildfire that Blanco would have surely started. With a mixer, Cabo’s flavor is allowed come to the forefront. You can really taste all 80-proof of alcohol and agave. Unfortunately, no matter how you drink it, the Cabo Blanco doesn’t taste like anything special. It just tastes like another tequila. It still tastes better than most lower-shelf tequilas, but not by enough to pay the extra $10 to get a bottle.
What is strange about this 80-proof bottle of tequila is that it takes a lot to get you where you need to be. The amount needed to get a good buzz from the Cabo Wabo Blanco really isn’t fair, considering how much you had to pay to get it. Anything that takes half a 750ml bottle to get you happy drunk just isn’t right. In the Cabo’s defense, I am a bigger tequila drinker than most people. Hell, who am I kidding? I’m an out-right alcoholic! So just because It didn’t get me loaded as quickly as I would like, it doesn’t mean that you won’t have better luck. If I’m going to spend around $48 for some booze, I want something thats going to cover all the bases.
I will give it credit for not giving me a bad hangover. After a little more than half a bottle, I had a decent buzz going, and felt really sleepy. It seems no matter what tequila I’m drinking or what level of drunk they can produce, they all share the trait of causing blackouts. When I came to about three hours later, I felt great. I was ready to go out and drink even more. Any booze that helps you keep drinking is a good one. Well, it’s good until you start mixing your poison with other types of booze. Then you wake on top of a pool table with no pants, trying to explain why throwing up in the corner pocket was such a funny idea.
If you aren’t a big tequila drinker, Cabo Wabo Blanco isn’t for you. It costs a bit much, and the taste is a bit harsh for the causal drinker. If you are a bargain shopper, you can buy two bottles of something that tastes slightly worse, but after a couple of shots I doubt you are going to care about that small difference. Unless you are running some kind of liquor review site, this one should be a pass. If you are dying for some Cabo Wabo, spend a little extra cash and get the reposado.
Shootablity - 7.0
Mixability - 8.0
Drunkability - 5.5
Hangover-ability - 7.0
Bang for the Buck - 4.5
Overall - 7.0 
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