Fun two-year old resurrection. Tequila was my sipper for years, but when it went through price hikes in the 2005-10 period, I started moving on to whisky/bourbon/whiskey. Thankfully, there's enough inexpensive yet tasty bourbon and rye to weather the current pricing insanity.
Back then, though, Herradura Anejo was my sipper of choice, along with a lot already mentioned on the first page of posts. And believe it or not, the Trader Joe's store brand of anejo and reposado was dang good, and cheap. They changed suppliers around 2013-14 and the flavor wasn't the same. I still have one unopened bottle of their reposado I'll open if my wife wants a margarita.