I've been getting the same DM for months. "Hala — where can I get Fortaleza? Blanco. Reposado. Añejo. Still Strength. Anything."

I wish I had better news. Fortaleza isn't just hard to find right now — it's actually impossible to source in any reliable quantity. Allocations have shrunk to almost nothing, retailers are sold out for months, and the secondary market has lost its mind. So I made this page.

These ten tequilas are the bottles I've been pouring instead of Fortaleza in my own home for the last six months. Three Blancos, four Reposados, three Añejos. Every single one is additive-free, every single one comes from a producer I've personally vetted, and every single one is in stock at Sipsy right now.

Some of these are the obvious answers. Tequila Ocho for the single-estate, single-barrel crowd. El Tesoro for anyone who wants that classic tahona-crushed La Alteña style. G4 for the agave purists who don't want oak in the way. Others on this list are less obvious but better than they have any right to be — Lágrimas del Valle, Tierra de Ensueño, Alma del Jaguar's Mizunara cask — bottles that don't get the press Fortaleza does because they're newer, smaller, or the people behind them simply aren't trying to be famous. They're just trying to make exceptional tequila.

If you've been hunting Fortaleza for months, save your energy. Pick one of these. Drink it tonight. Come back and tell me which one converted you.

I've been getting the same DM for months. "Hala — where can I get Fortaleza? Blanco. Reposado. Añejo. Still Strength. Anything."

I wish I had better news. Fortaleza isn't just hard to find right now — it's actually impossible to source in any reliable quantity. Allocations have shrunk to almost nothing, retailers are sold out for months, and the secondary market has lost its mind. So I made this page.

These ten tequilas are the bottles I've been pouring instead of Fortaleza in my own home for the last six months. Three Blancos, four Reposados, three Añejos. Every single one is additive-free, every single one comes from a producer I've personally vetted, and every single one is in stock at Sipsy right now.

Some of these are the obvious answers. Tequila Ocho for the single-estate, single-barrel crowd. El Tesoro for anyone who wants that classic tahona-crushed La Alteña style. G4 for the agave purists who don't want oak in the way. Others on this list are less obvious but better than they have any right to be — Lágrimas del Valle, Tierra de Ensueño, Alma del Jaguar's Mizunara cask — bottles that don't get the press Fortaleza does because they're newer, smaller, or the people behind them simply aren't trying to be famous. They're just trying to make exceptional tequila.

If you've been hunting Fortaleza for months, save your energy. Pick one of these. Drink it tonight. Come back and tell me which one converted you.