16 Best Cheap Tequila Bottles Under $30 Right Now

The best affordable tequila is hard to pin down. It isn’t a single product like vodka or even bourbon. Instead, it comes in three main varieties: White (or Silver or Blanco or Plata), Reposado (rested), and Anejo (aged). There’s also “extra Anejo” — but this piece is about cheap tequila and longer aging means longer storage, which equals high prices for you. Aging aside, the juice of the agave piñas (their root bulbs) is often twice distilled to help take the alcohol edge off. Aging also helps to mellow the spirit, while adding the flavors we recognize from other barrel-aged products (oak, smoke, and vanilla).

All this to say: Tequila isn’t quite as simple as other beloved drinks. Even tequila’s sister spirit, mezcal, can be made with a vast array of agave plants across Mexico, but to be called “tequila” a bottle has to come from blue agave in Jalisco.

With its many permutations and styles, tequila is endlessly fascinating. So, let’s dive into some of the best cheap tequila bottles you can buy right now across America. We’ve focused in on tequila here, so no mezcal. We’ve also focused almost entirely on silver and reposados as those are the bottles that fall into the $10 to $30 price range.

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1800 Reposado Tequila

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1800 Reposado is a blend of oak-aged tequilas. There’s a smoothness to this one that stands out. Expect a light hit of agave along with a very mellow sweetness on the end.

This bottle is perfect for a tequila and soda.

Buy a bottle here for $19.99

Margaritaville Tequila Silver

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This one’s in the name. Margaritaville Silver is the tequila you throw in a blender with a bunch of ice, plenty of lime, a good dose of triple sec, and a dash of agave syrup and then hit the puree button. Good, cheap tequila is what makes a great frozen margarita. At 12 bucks a bottle, this is exactly that.

Buy a bottler here for $12.99