Erstwhile Madre Cuishe Mezcal (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition)

A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this Erstwhile 2021 Ancestral Limited Release rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.  Distilled in clay pots.  Hand-hollwed distillation tube made from quiote (flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of metal.  In the 1960's and 1970's, Don Lencho - Silverio García's father - would use hollowed out quiote instead of copper tubes, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.        ABV: 48.0%