What is Mezcal? It is a spirit drink that comes from any cooked and distilled agave. Mezcal is made by harvesting agaves, cooking them often in a pit in the ground, fermenting them in a vat and then distilling before bottling. Following the Denomination of Origin, Mezcal must be made in one of 9 Mexican...
Hey Bartender Atlas devotees, here’s something you might not know: before I started dedicating all my online time to this glorious website, I ran my own blog (don’t bother looking for it, it’s long gone). It was mostly cocktails but a lot of music and TV stuff too. But mostly cocktails so I am super...
If you are in the service industry, odds are you or someone you know have visited Oaxaca in the last year. Oaxaca is mezcal central and mezcal is so hot right now. (Before getting into this post further, it is worthwhile to read this piece, written by Owen Walker of El Rey in Toronto to...
If you live outside of Mexico, you may not be familiar with mezcal, a spirit that has been really popping up everywhere in the past couple of years. “It’s a smoky tequila!” is what you are often told but mezcal is so much more than that. It’s a complex spirit that is only produced in Mexico....
