Amass Dry Gin is a celebration of both the abundant natural terroir and diverse cultural landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. It is a citrus-forward, herbaceous spirit balanced with earthy umami notes from Reishi mushroom and lion’s mane mushroom. The corn base spirit is distilled with indigenous botanicals like California bay and cascara sagrada to ground…
Refugio Calzada, or Don Cucu as he’s known to friends, was the president of a local association of mezcaleros (mezcal producers) and magueyeros (agave farmers) for many years and has been a driving force behind agave and tree reforestation efforts that have helped make agave more plentiful than they were in his youth. This batch…
The lack of rain and limestone-rich soil of San Dionisio Ocotepec can be harsh on the Tobalá agaves, which take 12-15 years to reach maturity. Due to the long maturation times, only small batches of 150-200 bottles of Tobalá can be made at once….
Bozal Tepeztate is distilled in small copper pot stills in the wild, mountainous region of Santa Ana del Rio, Oaxaca, which is home to other producers….
El Jolgorio was founded by the Cortés family, who have been making mezcal in Oaxaca since the 1840s. Agave Tepeztate can take 25-30 years to mature and is found hanging horizontally from mountain cliffs, making it difficult to harvest….
Though Tanteo is probably better known for their pepper infused tequilas, their higher proof blanco (42.5% abv) is the best in their lineup and one of our favorite tequilas at the moment. They are a cooperative of 85+ families of agave growers. Unique in the tequila industry, this ownership structure allows an honest profit for…
An overproof expression of the brand’s award-winning Plata tequila, masterfully cut by the distiller from the end of the heads and beginning of the heart of the distillation, and meant for the tequila connoisseur who enjoys the full essence of the agave plant….