Casamigos
The tequila George Clooney and Rande Gerber originally had made for themselves. Everything about the Blanco, Reposado, Añejo and Mezcal, the taste, the cocktails and the glass to use.
Started as a house brand, ended in a billion-dollar deal
Casamigos was founded around 2011, when George Clooney and his friend and business partner Rande Gerber were looking for a tequila they could drink neat, without salt and lime. They had a distillery in Jalisco create a recipe and ordered bottles from it for their own use for years. The name means "house of friends", after the two neighboring houses in Mexico where it began.
The tequila officially launched in 2013, and in 2017 Diageo acquired the brand in a deal worth up to one billion dollars. Casamigos is made from 100% blue Weber agave from the Mexican state of Jalisco, with a long fermentation and a smooth, sweet style deliberately created for drinking neat. There is also an espadín agave mezcal from Oaxaca.
In brief
What types of Casamigos are there?
Casamigos Blanco
Bright and fresh, with subtle citrus, vanilla and sweet agave and a smooth finish. The most versatile bottle in the range.
Casamigos Reposado
Aged for seven months in American oak: caramel, cocoa and a light woody note over the agave.
Casamigos Añejo
Aged for fourteen months in oak, giving it greater depth and roundness: caramel, vanilla and dried fruit, almost whisky-like.
Casamigos Mezcal
Artisanal mezcal from Santiago Matatlán: the agaves are cooked in pits made of volcanic rock, which gives it its characteristic smoky note.
The Blanco for cocktails, the Reposado or Añejo for drinking neat.
Sweet agave, vanilla and a smooth finish
Agave & vanilla
Sweet cooked agave with vanilla and citrus peel. The Reposado and Añejo also bring caramel and oak.
Smooth and rounded
Remarkably smooth, with little of the pepperiness tequila can have. Sweet agave takes center stage, with a light citrus note.
Long and clean
A long, smooth finish without harshness. Exactly what the brand was made for: drinking neat without salt or lime.
Flavor profile of Casamigos Blanco. The Añejo scores higher on sweetness and spice; the Mezcal adds a distinct smoky note.
Three ways to drink Casamigos
Casamigos is made to be drunk neat, without salt or lime. In cocktails, the Blanco is the logical choice.
Neat at room temperature
4 cl in a small tasting glass or tequila glass, without salt or lime. Take small sips and let it rest in your mouth for a moment: this is how you taste the sweet agave and vanilla.
Glass: tasting glass →As a Margarita
50 ml Casamigos Blanco, 25 ml lime juice and 20 ml triple sec shaken and strained into a margarita glass with a salted rim. The smooth agave makes the Margarita rounder than with a sharp tequila.
Margarita recipe →As a Paloma
50 ml Casamigos Blanco with grapefruit soda, a splash of lime and plenty of ice in a highball glass with a salted rim. More popular in Mexico than the Margarita and much more refreshing.
Paloma recipe →The best cocktails with Casamigos
Margarita
Tequila, triple sec and lime with a salted rim. Smooth and rounded with the Blanco.
Paloma
Tequila with grapefruit, lime and soda. The Mexican favorite ahead of the Margarita.
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila, orange juice and grenadine, with that distinctive color gradient.
Spicy Margarita
Margarita with fresh chili pepper. The smoke from the Mezcal makes it even more interesting.The right glass for Casamigos
A tulip-shaped tasting glass for neat pours, a tumbler for Reposado on the rocks, a Margarita glass for the Margarita, and a highball glass for the Paloma. These are the glasses we recommend ourselves.
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