Mezcal v Tequila

I’m blessed with a pretty non discriminating palate.

Try some Del Maguey Vida and report back

I don't know what mezcal is but a friend once game me a bottle of tequila so smoky it tasted like a slim jim. In a good way, I drank all of it, but it was very smokey. Was that mezcal? This was probably 20 years ago.

Tequila is a type of Mezcal made from blue agave. But mezcal can be made from several other agave varieties and thats what we gringos typically call mezcal. 90% of mezcal is made from espadin which absorbs more smoke, so you may have had a mezcal from the other 10%. Espadin Mezcal is considered the most basic type of mezcal with Tobala the most aromatic and flavorful but that can be debated. And some producers use less smoke than others.

I've had mezcals with no smoke but a lot of fruitiness. It depends on the region its from, the type of agave and how its produced. Some mezcal I've had has been way more complex than any bourbon I've had.

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Zignum Reposado is more like a tequila than a traditional mezcal. It’s made in Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca

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Thank you!
It was a gift. They bought in Mexico. Label is all in Spanish.

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Zignum

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Steamed, not roasted or smoked.

Only had the blanco and it most definitely reminded me of tequila.

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some of them have a band-aid aftertaste that I don’t like

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My wife says the same thing

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The smoke is usually strong in a good one.

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I’m blessed with a pretty non discriminating palate.

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Then you should be drinking the cheapest swill you can get your hands on, because there's no reason for you to be spending this kind of dough when you can't tell the difference between anything.