Lot 00118. Smells of chemicals, my girlfriend and I were trying to figure out what the smell reminded us of and we decided it was like the smell you get walking into an auto mechanic shop. Motor oil and many unidentifiable chemicals. Tastes very strongly of sandlewood, with faint notes of candy corns, pine, and wood varnish. The finish is sour and bitter like grapefruit seed extract.
Lot 00218. Fresh jalapeño, fresh bell pepper, peppermint candy, bitter gentiane root, chocolate, quite salty with a sour and bitter finish.
Lot 00818. Distilled in clay. A good start with Mexican chocolate, roasted ancho chile, pineapple, clove, and cayenne pepper. The finish however I didn’t like, faintly chemical with rubbing alcohol and sour bitter grapefruit pith.
Lot 00918. Roses, artichoke, soft wood smoke, allspice. Pleasant mezcal. 3 stars.
Lot 00617 chemical smell like nail polish remover. Caramel, black pepper, red pepper flakes, finish is hot and more nail polish remover. 2 stars.
I like this. It’s hot and really spicy with some fresh jalapeño, vanilla, and white pepper. More of a mixer then a sipper.
CH04-16. Thin and watery with a distracting band-aid flavor, some artichoke and brown sugar but mostly band-aid.
Well made, fresh, clean Espadin. A little salty, fruity, and floral. Frangipani flower, papaya, over-ripe banana, and brown sugar. A really nice Mezcal for the price.
MC-01. Classic Madrecuixe. Spearmint, fresh green pepper, rosewater, and fennel seed. Just delicious!
JB-01. If I had only had a small taste of this I would have ranked it a little lower, luckily I have a whole bottle. This is one of those magical Mezcals that keeps changing with every sip. There are a lot of layers to this one. It has a creamy mouthfeel and is sweet, fruity, floral, and woody. There is a strong wood flavor that to me resembles oak. I’m also tasting roasted pineapple, bubblegum, jasmine, and crushed granite rock. I really want to do a blind tasting along with the Rey Campero, El Jolgorio, and Del Maguey Jabali.
Edition unknown. Delicious! I wish I could have had more of it but it was quite expensive for a small sample, hopefully next time we go to Mezcalogia in Oaxaca they will have a bottle. I got some tasty sweet and savory notes of roasted yams, brown butter, and bubblegum. 4.5 stars
Edition 03, 2018, Pedro Vasquez, Black bottle. Tasted at Mezcalogia in Oaxaca. Fresh jalapeño, whipped cream, coconut milk, cream cheese, briny capers. Delicious. 5 stars.
Lot T-016 136/240. The other review of this one really surprises me! It must’ve really mellowed out over time! This was smooth, with no alcohol burn whatsoever. Fruity and floral like banana pudding in a flower market. A nice long allspice finish. A really good expression of Tobala.
Lot 01. As soon as I tasted this one I knew I needed to get a bottle of it! So unique and interesting! Fruity, herbal, and perfumy with peach, almost over-ripe pineapple, mint, fresh jalapeño, and sandalwood incense. Love this!
I love gin. To me this does not taste like gin, but it tastes like a really good herbal liqueur. The anise is up front but the other botanicals are there too in a really pleasant and tasty blend. This would make a great digestive.
These guys can really make a good pechuga! Very tea-like smell and flavors of darjeeling tea, manzanilla, anise, mint, and fuji apple. Tasty stuff!
I don’t normally like Pechugas all that much but this one is one of my favorites. I get a strong smell and taste of manzanilla tea, and anise, with a really pleasant meatiness.
This was a couple of our groups favorite at the Piedre Almas tasting. I got menthol, anise, fennel seed, and wet leaves. Quite good!
My favorite from the Piedre Almas line. It’s hot at 55% ABV but not in a rubbing alcohol, burn your tongue sort of way. It’s a very well made Mezcal that just takes all the flavors I love from Tepextate and punches me in the face with them!! Fresh jalapeño, green bell pepper, red chili flakes, and fresh New Mexico chili. I will be on the lookout for a bottle of this for sure.
Nice smooth Mezcal with flavors of chocolate, banana, clove and cinnamon.
Lot BCMC02-18. Wow! What a perfect blend of karwinskiis! Delicious and creamy with flavors of sweet pickle relish, vanilla ice cream, roasted artichoke, and something mineraly liked rusted iron. Tasty!
ETZTX01-18 This one had a waxy smell like crayons that translated into the taste. Once we recognized that it became really distracting to taste anything else. There was a raw chili flavor like Thai brds-eye chilies, and some bitter cacao and grapefruit pith. A rare miss by one of my favorite producers who have set the bar for agave spirits so high.
