As promised some weeks ago, after the post on Destille Berlin, I am getting back on the topic of sustainability with a focus on sustainability in the world of the agave based spirits. What should you care? Because if there is no more agave, you can forget about drinking Tequila. And do you really want […]
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There are people who argue that mezcal is made with mescaline. But it is not! This is a myth ! Or more exactly a confusion. Mescaline* is the psychoactive component of the peyote cactus. This cactus is unrelated to agave, but the words are close hence the confusion.
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Pechuga is an old Mezcal technique which varies from producer to producer and is most of the time only produced in tiny amounts for personal consumption. It is made by redistilling a finished mezcal with a mix of wild, seasonal fruits, often grains and always a raw, skinless chicken breast. As the chicken breast is […]
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Tequila is aged in the plant, and not in a barrel nor a bottle as we explained in that course and this explains why more and more quality minded producers are looking to express terroir.
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All tequilas are mezcal but not all mezcal are tequilas. Mezcal are any agave-based liquor produced in Mexico, and therefore Tequila is a subcategory of Mezcal. They do share a lot of common points for that reason (agave based and Mexican to start with), but here are where they differ.
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There is no Tequila outside of Mexico. Tequila must come from Mexico however there are many distilleries which are surfing on the success of Tequila and Mezcal and propose alcohol made from the distillation of agave syrup. Which one should you try?
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The first class (and Spiritsfully’s favorite) is indeed accessible now. With fantastic illustrations by Ana Briceno.
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The first class (and Spiritsfully’s favorite) is indeed accessible now. With fantastic illustrations by Ana Briceno.
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