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Ojo De Tigre

Ojo De Tigre
Joven Blanco Mezcal

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$32

Ojo De Tigre
Joven Blanco Mezcal

Category: Blanco Mezcal

Date Tasted:
Country: Mexico
Alcohol: 40%
Slivery straw color. Roasted, waxy, herbal, cheesy aromas and flavors of drying grass clippings, black beans and onions, beeswax, plum, and pine with a velvety, bright, dryish light body and a long finish with accents of creamed corn, roasted corn, poblano, salt water, watermelon rind, pickling spices, and coriander. A uniquely fruit-forward Mezcal to pair with your favorite beer or Radler and let the savory, fruity notes shine.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Herbal, Funky & Spirity
Aroma Aroma: drying grass clippings, black beans and onions, beeswax, plum, and pine
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of creamed corn, roasted corn, poblano, salt water, watermelon rind, pickling spices, and coriander
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Paloma, Sangrita, Tommy's Margarita
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A uniquely fruit-forward Mezcal to pair with your favorite beer or Radler and let the savory, fruity notes shine.

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Blanco Mezcal

Spirits Glass Copita Clear.jpg
Serve in a Copita
Blanco mezcal is a spirit from Mexico that can be made from as many as 18 different types of the agave plant, some cultivated and some wild. Most are produced in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A blanco mezcal is distilled in a copper still (sometimes double distilled) and is not aged in oak, thus preserving a clear appearance.

Mezcal is often confused with tequila, as both are made from agave. But while tequila must be made from one specific blue agave, mezcal can be produced from eighteen different types of agave (maguey). There are two types of mezcal, those made exclusively from maguey and those made from at least 80% maguey mixed with other ingredients. Mezcal has similar aging terms as tequila, such as reposado and añejo, but generally mezcal is more of an artisanal product, so examples of mezcal vary more than tequila.

Most are double-distilled, while some are triple-distilled and then aged for several years in oak barrels. Flavors range from smoked herbs and pepper to tobacco and charred fruits. Serve these on their own, in an adventuresome cocktail, or with a cigar.