Tag Archives: Oaxaca

Benevá Añejo Mezcal, 38%

Posted on 25 April 2016 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The second totally random sample from DSA’s array of niceness. That this was a Mezcal was something that was rather clear from the beginning, although the oak aging bit masked the normally stand out scents quite a bit. I know … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Bottle share #3: Los Danzantes and Alipus

Posted on 25 July 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m doing another bottle share. I keep finding Mezcal a hugely interesting drink. And while not even all bottles from the previous share have been reviewed yet (my to-review queue is about a mile long by now) … Continue reading →

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Alacrán Mezcal Joven, 46%

Posted on 24 July 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

This is one of the two remaining mezcals that I still needed to review from the last bottle-share. I’ve been working my way through the scraps of some of those I already reviewed for a while now and thought it … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo: Three Mezcales de Leyenda

Posted on 6 May 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

A while ago I did a second Mezcal bottle-share of which I haven’t reviewed yet. It’s about high I did, since I have been sipping from them and I don’t want them to get emptied before I wrote tasting notes. … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Day 6: Ilegal Joven, 40%

Posted on 14 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The last of my mezcal collection until yesterday. Yesterday the five new mezcals for the second bottle share came in, but I’m going to do some whiskies again before reviewing those. Anyway, this one is one I bought from The … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Day 5: Minero, Del Maguey, 49%

Posted on 13 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

The fourth and last mezcal from the bottle-share, the first one, is the ‘Minero’. The mezcal is produced in Santa Catarina Minas, a couple of miles south of Oaxaca. I was pondering how to write an introduction for this one … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Day 4: Del Maguey San Luis Del Rio Azul, 47%

Posted on 12 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Apparently there was a shortage of agave during 2000 to 2004. Since a lot of the agave used for mezcal is not cultivated but harvested from the wild, the guys at Del Maguey had to come up with something. Add … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Prolongation: Another bottle-share

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

I announced it on Facebook yesteday, and I sent out some emails to my Dutch bottle-share buddies. But since they haven’t filled up the bottle-share yet, I’m trying to give it a bit more exposure here. The previous bottle-share with … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Day 3: Del Maguey Chichicapa, 46%

Posted on 6 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

Chichicapa is a small village a couple of hours south of Oaxaca, according to Del Maguey’s website. It’s strange since Google Maps doesn’t really pick up on it but does show a Chichicapa north of Oaxaca in the Tabasco. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Mezcal Festival Day 2: Del Maguey Vida, 42%

Posted on 5 March 2015 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer

When I did the bottle share I quickly decided that it would be focused around Del Maguey’s mezcals. Somehow they seemed to be the top of the line and the less random booze of a single village mezcal appealed to … Continue reading →

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