HOW FERMENTATION TANKS INFLUENCE THE FLAVOR OF MEZCAL?
La influencia de las tinas de fermentación en los sabores del Mezcal.
Mezcal culture
ARTISANAL OR ANCESTRAL?
According to COMERCAM’s 2022 statistics, 95.56% of the mezcal sold in Mexico falls under the categories of Mezcal and Artisanal Mezcal, while only 0.44% corresponds to Ancestral Mezcal. The definition of each process is established according to the 070-SCFI-2016 standard, based on the characteristics of the methods and tools used during the main production stages …
WHY DISTILLED AND NOT MEZCAL?
This is probably the question on many people’s minds today… The answer is simple: the designation and term MEZCAL is protected by standards that limit the physical-chemical characteristics of mezcal to values that can only be consistently achieved with industrial processes. Moreover, these standards are backed by the economic interests of large brands—including tequila—which make …
