Sometimes the most unlikely of all things end up surprising you. Long time ago, as a young 25 yr old, I went traveling through Northern India with a girlfriend of mine. Her parents were originally from Punjab, an area in northwestern India, bordering Pakistan. We’re at a local dive bar, and there’s these three guys harassing us, saying women don’t belong in bars and if we want to stay, we have to pay them. We decided to leave...we’re foreigners in another country, no need to cause problems. But they followed us out and cornered us. I figured “damn it, I’m going to get pummeled tonight”. But before I could even blink, this 22yr old 5’4” little Punjabi grad student had all three guys on the floor screaming in pain. Two years of dating and she fails to mention she’s a 3rd degree black belt in two types of martial arts!?!? I felt like telling those punks “don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone you got your ass kicked by a skinny petite Asian girl”. That’s a surprise. In a good way. So, yesterday in Denver, I walk into a Total Wine with the sole purpose of buying a really hard to find 291 cask strength rye that’s very Colorado specific. A colleague of mine suggests I pick this up too...$40 Colorado specific Anejo tequila. I’ve not had many tequilas, and generally am opposed to mixed drinks—-so I was expecting this one to be something that goes well with a margarita but not so much neat. I was in for a surprise. Cracked this open today expecting to absolutely hate it. Instead I’m on my second pour! And I don’t have two pours in one sitting. So—Aroma is definitely cooked agave, grassy and herbal. Taste is smooth like butter. Sweet at the entrance, with an herbal backbone. Absolutely 0 burn. For $40, I’m glad I bought this bottle back home. A damn good surprise that totally caught me off guard ( like those 3 poor chaps in Punjab).