What is the big difference white (clear) and dark tequila?!
Answers: I bought the clear one . I usually buy the dark one and mix with Squirt soda and 2 tablespoon of lime. I made it as Maguarita and it is my favarite.
Age!
White Tequila, or Blanco, is fresh unaged Tequila.
Reposado or rested, is aged a short time in French Oak casks. A?ejo, the darker Tequila is the dark one and is aged much longer, sometimes up to 10 or 15 years.
If you mix A?ejos into Margaritas that's Nature's way of telling you you're makin' too much money!
Margaritas are great! Try one with a splash of Pomagranate juice!
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clear is "new", dark is aged
Age
My brother says that the white has less sugar, thus producing less of a hangover.
They still sell Squirt Soda?, I used to drink that stuff all of the time when I was a kid. Screw the nasty tequila, where the heck are you getting all of this Squirt Soda?!
As others have said, the biggest difference is age. When you're talking about 100% agave tequilas:
Blanco, or silver is generally unaged. It's made, bottled, and shipped out. Many times, it's considered to be inferior or rot-gut in comparison to aged tequilas. There are exceptions, such as Patron Platinum, which is aged in stainless steel drums.
Reposado is generally 6 to 18 months old, and aged in wood barrels. Generally, they use uncharred oak casks, but depending on the flavor that they're going for, they will char the cask, or even use casks that can no longer be used for other liquors (Don Eduardo uses old Jack Daniels barrels for part of the aging process). Reposado tequilas are the equivilant of VS brandy or cognac.
Anejo tequilas are the oldest, being aged from 18 months to 3 years (on average). Again, the casks used to age them vary from maker to maker, but they follow the same general rules.
There are older tequilas available, but they tend to give them other names, such as Millenia edition.
If you're talking about things like Cuervo gold or white, the only real difference is food color. Your lower tier tequilas tend to be about 50% agave juice, and are usually cut with grain alcohol to get them to proof. If the tequila is a bright brassy gold color, it's been doctored with food color. True aged 100% tequila will look like dirty water.
COLOR
Many have already given you part of the answer. The darker one is aged longer. The other past of the answer is that you should use the white tequila for mixing and the darker one for sipping. Fine tequila's are as good as great brandies or other distilled liquors and should be treated as such.
Would you like to invite me over and we can share one with each other? I live in TX