Tag: Barril

Bozal Barril

Bozal Barril is made with maguey Barril (agave Karwinskii), which is a tall, wide agave that is often used to create live fences for livestock and agricultural enclosures and has . This mezcal is made in Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, which is famous for it’s tradition of distilling in small clay pots….

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El Jolgorio Barril

El Jolgorio was founded by the Cortés family, who have been making mezcal in Oaxaca since the 1840s. This mineral driven mezcal is made from the Barril agave, which is part of the Karwinskii family of agaves that grow wild or in a semi-cultivated environment. The Barril piña is dense with with sugars and very…

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Lalocura San Martinero

This mezcal is made with a Karwinskii agave that is locally referred to as San Martinero, which can also be called Barril in other communities. Maestro mezcalero Eduardo Angeles cooks his agave with Encino wood. He mashes the cooked agave by hand with wooden mallets, ferments the agave in open-air cypress vats for twelve days,…

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Bozal Ensamble

A light blend of Espandín, Barril and Mexicano magueys crafted into a slightly smoky, herbaceous and citrus-forward mezcal….

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