After going back and forth with a few more sips from each glass, I noted that while I enjoyed both, I would opt for the first glass's tequila over the second's. The tequila selected, I learned was from the 1800 Essential Artists bottle, not the Select Silver. I assume that the reason the Select Silver burned more is it's higher alcohol content.
Of course, the preceeding two paragraphs are a hugely unscientific, unrefined attempt attempt at choosing a bottle of tequila, but, then again, if you're looking for a nice looking bottle of tequila and it's in the correct price range, the 1800 Essential Artists bottle does look far better than the Select Silver.
The pieces of art on the bottles all have something to recommend them, from mythical looking figures to the pop-esque bottle I received to more abstract ones, and each bottle is individually numbered, with 1800 designs of each bottle being produced.
The 1800 website currently also allows one to design a bottle online, and, if one is so inclined they can even then download the appropriate templates, put a little more effort into designing a bottle, and actual order – for the bargain price of $225 – a bottle with their own artwork. It may be an expensive holiday gift, but it could be a pretty cool one too. It does however take 2-3 weeks to produce the bottle, so get those orders in soon.
An 1800 Essential Artists bottle of tequila costs far less than that price, and may actually be nicer to look at than anything I might design, so I'll probably just stick with that, but it's nice to know that the option is there.
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1 - SteveOramA
The new series will be released very soon!
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- SteveOramA, 2009 grand prize winner