Re: George Clooney and Rande Gerber's Casamigos tequila GENERAL THREAD

by OofOof Fri 11 Jan 2013, 04:39

Don't know if this is the right thread for this or not but here's Lainey's take on the video:

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by Katiedot Fri 11 Jan 2013, 05:08

It's as good a place as any. Here's Lainey's take on it:

George Clooney and his best friend Rande Gerber are now in the tequila business together. Their label is called Casamigos. And they’ve released the first ad featuring themselves and their women...

For many years, Rande’s woman has been Cindy Crawford. For not even two years George’s woman has been Stacy Keibler. But in many ways she’s done more than all who’ve come before. Here is another milestone...

Stacy is to George as Cindy is to Rande, and he’s willing to put it on film as an emblem of his company, in which he’s invested a lot of money. Please. Give this girl the game ball. She doesn’t want marriage, or babies, and, you know, she’s content to not speak, if that’s what it takes. Everyone else gets a line but Stacy, Stacy’s good just looking good.

Have you ever seen this photo?

by laetval Fri 11 Jan 2013, 09:41

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by phys major Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:48

by phys major Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:10

She is now his common law wife...can't wait for that palimony law suit when they finally end this thing...

by phys major Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:13

She has now been immortalized as his common law wife...nice going George!!!

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:21

800?

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THE COCKTAIL SCENE
George Clooney launches Casamigos tequila with Rande Gerber

Who wouldn’t want to do a few shots of tequila with George Clooney? No need to answer that question.

The Oscar winner strolled into Hakkasan at the Fontainebleau on Tuesday night, and the crowd at the bar literally parted.

Clooney was there with his business partner and longtime friend, night-life impresario Rande Gerber, to talk about their new tequila, Casamigos. Along with another partner, Mike Meldman, they’re on a national tour — and as you can imagine, they’re being received well.

Casamigos is named after Clooney’s and Gerber’s adjacent vacation homes in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where they’ve shared some good times.

Clooney said that at first, the booze was intended for friends and family. “We were always looking for the perfect tequila and we could never find it, so we said, ‘What the hell? Let’s give it a shot and make our own,’ ” he said. “I’m not just endorsing this. It’s ours. … I even crushed the agave with my own feet.”

Not really. Clooney is such a jokester (not that we would mind his toes in our cocktail).

The pair traveled to Jalisco to meet with a distiller. Rough gig: They tried roughly 800 samples to get the recipe right.

“The distiller told us, ‘You guys are a pain in the a-s,’ but you know what you really like,” said Gerber, who is married to Cindy Crawford with two kids. “We perfected it. We were so specific.”

The boys like either their blanco (aka silver) and reposado (aged longer or “rested”) served up the same — on the rocks.

“This stuff is so good you don’t need to mix it with anything,” Clooney said of the 80-proof batch. “No lime, no salt chaser.”

Though the men claimed that Casamigos won’t give you a hangover, Clooney does have the perfect cure.

“Eat the greasiest, nastiest food. If you’re going to be miserable, might as well. That’s the day to do it if you’re going to get the fries at McDonald’s.”

The two friends apparently have a higher tolerance than most.

“I can’t tell you how many times we sat and drank an entire bottle. We’ll open it and the next thing you know it’s gone,” explained Gerber, who also launched Caliche Rum last year. “We’ll say, ‘You know, we could drink another one, but maybe we shouldn’t.’ ”

Speaking of the bottles, each comes with the two guys’ signatures. Not a bad keepsake. Expect to see Casamigos on shelves in local, high-end liquor stores in a few weeks (it’s currently sold out) and behind the bars at the Fontainebleau and Whiskey Blue at the W Fort Lauderdale. A promotional video costarring Clooney, his girlfriend, Stacy Keibler, Crawford and Gerber is going to be rolled out this week. Clooney promises it’ll be “a little dirty.”

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:25

phys major wrote:She has now been immortalized as his common law wife...nice going George!!!

immortalized?
internet already did it
anyway

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:34

some help for a responsible use: a new app Drinking Mirror

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by phys major Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:43

That is great....I'm putting that app on my phone!!!!! I can look at it everytime I start to drink to much!!!

The reality is you drink to much you look like shit!!!

by Joanna Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:47

Is the photo from drinksmarter.org IM ?

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:00

boh

let me see

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:05

right

by Best in Category Fri 11 Jan 2013, 12:58

phys major wrote:She is now his common law wife...can't wait for that palimony law suit when they finally end this thing...

Don´t worry it´ll come Very Happy

by phys major Fri 11 Jan 2013, 15:06

Maybe they could make a skit out of it???

by noodle Fri 11 Jan 2013, 16:22

Phys why are you saying she's his common law wife? Or did I miss some comments and this is a joke? This thread has gotten kind of hard to follow.

by Katiedot Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:04

FINALLY Stacy and Cindy are on board too:

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by silly girl Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:05

I literally just checked her twitter page and it wasn't there. Didn't someone just post that she hasn't tweeted about it. Bet she is at the event tonight.

Oh and the Casamigos twitter page has lots of new tweets today.

by party animal - not! Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:07

Yep, think so too

by cindigirl Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:08

noodle wrote:Phys why are you saying she's his common law wife? Or did I miss some comments and this is a joke? This thread has gotten kind of hard to follow.

I think that was meant as a joke. I don't think common law wives are recognized in California. If they were George would have had several. LOL

by Katiedot Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:16

And just 'cos I can, here's Casamigos tweeting us:

@[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] We're Team Funny.
— Casamigos Tequila (@Casamigos) [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

by silly girl Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:20

So they have been reading us. Great job Katie!

(oh and not to make this about SK-----she tweeted 20 minutes after pandabear questioned her silence) Wink

by Maggy Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:23

I feel like opening an account now Very Happy

by Katiedot Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:25

silly girl wrote: So they have been reading us.

Only because I tweeted at them.

silly girl wrote:(oh and not to make this about SK-----she tweeted 20 minutes after pandabear questioned her silence)

Co-inky-dink (to quote Ted Casablancas). We've been wondering for two days why she and Cindy seemed to be uninvolved.

by very vera Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:34

Hopefully they saw something on my showcase

if anyone is reading this i have a showcase i am trying to get off the ground but it needs a lot of help i would appreciate a great deal if i could get Enough project to back me or george himself ( not like that will happen ) but if it's at all possible i would love to talk to john prendergast or someone in the Sudan movement i would love for some support or backing from someone
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there was a lot more on the site before but because i was planning on canceling it i took some stuff down

Kristyn Shelley Olson

sorry katie for my self promo ahem
now back to the regularly schedule program... as you were

by it's me Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:37

Team Funny?

who
Eins&G?
Razz

by laetval Sat 12 Jan 2013, 19:34

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by cindigirl Sat 12 Jan 2013, 19:42

Thanks for the photo laetval. Although I don't think this is a good look for him. He looks tired from maybe too many sips of tequila.

by Joanna Sat 12 Jan 2013, 20:38

That's taken in George's den......may have been taken before the
Tequila Campaign got under way ?

by lucy Sun 13 Jan 2013, 05:31

My daughter told me that her friend who works at a hotel called The Mansion in Dallas met GTC the other night while he was in town. She said he is the nicest celeb that she has ever met, and she meets a lot cause that's where they all like to stay.

by party animal - not! Sun 13 Jan 2013, 10:16

The Mansion is part of the Rosewood Group, isn't it? So more or less the best hotels in the world are listed as theirs - Villa d'Este, the Ritz, Cipriani, Venice, the Dorchester............

No surprise that GTC is courteous and charming, is it? Do you remember Amara Miller saying that the best piece of advice he gave her was to be nice to people whoever they are?

by Best in Category Sun 13 Jan 2013, 11:20

Yes Party: Leading hotels of the world they belong to the list for sure. I have stayed in 3 of your mentioned ones.

There are better ones for the value. But if you just want to go and stay there to say you have stayed there, then it´s worthwhile.

Good advice, but hard to live by.

by Joanna Sun 13 Jan 2013, 12:45

When you hear George talking about his background it seems he had a good grounding from his parents on how to treat people positively.

I like to watch him with the fans at Premieres and Awards as he is always happy to give them some attention....unlike many others.

by Atalante Sun 13 Jan 2013, 13:50

Katiedot wrote:And just 'cos I can, here's Casamigos tweeting us:

@[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] We're Team Funny.
— Casamigos Tequila (@Casamigos) [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Can't stop laughing with this one ! Anyway they've got someone to answer quite a few tweets. geek

And now he's telling men what kind of books they ought to read : LINK

by Katiedot Sun 13 Jan 2013, 15:26

The cocktail you should be drinking tonight: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
— Casamigos Tequila (@Casamigos) [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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And the full info:

Cocktail Card: Mi Casa

We’ve all had a bad margarita: sugary sweet, subpar tequila—a guaranteed hangover.

Not good.

We took this classic drink and put our spin on it, using only the freshest ingredients and a tequila that can stand strong on its own. Serve it up this weekend. Salud.

11⁄2 oz. Casamigos Blanco Tequila
1 oz. Fresh-squeezed lime juice
1⁄4 oz. Orange juice from a fresh orange wedge cut 1” thick, squeezed and dropped in the shaker
1⁄2 oz. Clear agave nectar

Shake ingredients with ice, then strain into a cocktail martini glass or serve on the rocks (salt optional). Garnish with an orange wheel floating atop.

by melbert Sun 13 Jan 2013, 16:38

That sounds like the perfect drink for my cold!!!

by OofOof Sun 13 Jan 2013, 18:41

Nah! Mel...perfect drink for your old is a couple of shots of fireball. I have that cold/flu and that stuff warms my throat right up. It does great things for my sinuses and my general attitude as well Smile

by Cynisca Sun 13 Jan 2013, 20:42

Whole packaging reminds me of turn of 20th century distilled eau de cologne sold by apothecaries.

Simplicity.

Might taste great though.
If good quality, it will surpass others.
Clooney could have marketed refined quality, not shock-value sleaze to promote it.

by it's me Sun 13 Jan 2013, 21:01

good point

by blubelle Sun 13 Jan 2013, 22:53

Recipe for fireball please. You never know when you will get a cold.

by janieb Mon 14 Jan 2013, 06:34

I'm a HUGE tequila lover! I am looking forward to trying this when it hits the markets!

by OofOof Mon 14 Jan 2013, 07:00

Fireball is actually a flavored whiskey Blubelle. It has a spicy, cinnamon flavor.

by watching Mon 14 Jan 2013, 07:54

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Damn he looks old and rough there. Go get the early bird special at your local club and then get home to get a good night's sleep G. We will make sure Einstein doesn't eat your slippers.

by Best in Category Mon 14 Jan 2013, 08:19

Good idea watching but he can´t.

He just put his dentures in the class.

by blubelle Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45

Thank you OofOof. I'll have to check it out.

by melbert Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:40

OofOof wrote:Fireball is actually a flavored whiskey Blubelle. It has a spicy, cinnamon flavor.

I got pregnant drinking whiskey once and I AM NOT taking that chance again!!! hahahahaha! Although OofOof, it certainly does sound good and I've got to take something to get rid of this damn cold, sore throat and runny nose!!!!

by silly girl Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:45

This is so off topic but I have been fighting a cold too.

I have been drinking a Hot Toddy that seems to help

Tea
Honey
Lemon
Rum
cinnamon

It was very good. I even had it without the Rum in the middle of the day. Soothed my throat.

Feel better!

Truthfully (on topic) I am not a big tequila fan. Not sure their idea of moderately priced is in my price range.

I also don't understand why they are giving drink recipes when I thought the idea that this tequila is so good it shouldn't be mixed. JMO

by it's me Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:53

Best in Category wrote:Good idea watching but he can´t.

He just put his dentures in the class.

so it seems....

by Katiedot Tue 15 Jan 2013, 07:46

Looks like business is going well. Thanks to Henway for the link:

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Serrallés Partners With George Clooney, Rande Gerber On Casamigos Tequila
January 14, 2013
Serrallés USA is launching a new ultra-premium Tequila brand, Casamigos, this month. Casamigos was created by actor George Clooney and nightlife entrepreneur Rande Gerber, alongside partner Mike Meldman. Serrallés is handling sales and distribution. The new entry is rolling out to 33 states this month, via alliances with Southern Wine & Spirits, Glazer’s and Republic National Distributing Co., Serralles tells Shanken News Daily.

Casamigos is billed as a small-batch, 40%-abv Tequila made with 100% Blue Weber agave. Clooney and Gerber both number and sign each batch. The brand currently features Blanco ($42.99 a 750-ml.) and Reposado ($49.99) expressions. Casamigos will initially be available at select on-premise accounts, including the resorts and private clubs of Discovery Land Co., of which Meldman is founder and CEO.

The Casamigos launch follows Serralles USA’s recent rollout of aged white rum label Caliche (priced between $21.99-$24.99), a joint project between Gerber and Distilería Serrallés distiller Roberto Serrallés, last March.

by silly girl Fri 18 Jan 2013, 23:48

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