La Luna Mezcal
La Luna Mezcal

What mezcal to buy?

Mixology and the world of cocktails is a practice that has taken hold in recent years, mixing a great variety of flavors, smells, colors, and textures to create a wide variety of drinks adding fruits, herbs, or some new flavor.

Of course, mezcal isn’t left out of these practices. If you are interested in the world of cocktails and trying new flavors, we invite you to continue reading this article as we will give you the best tips and know what mezcal to buy so that you continue soaking up this world.

First you should know that mezcal is originally from Mexico dating back to prehistory, it’s highly recognized within Mexican gastronomy, with production in the states of Oaxaca, Michoacán, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Puebla, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, and Tamaulipas.

It’s produced in an artisanal and ancestral way through cooking and fermentation, using the different variants of maguey or agaves obtaining different types of mezcals, which are distinguished by their peculiar aroma and flavor.

How do you know if it’s a good mezcal?

Before you know what mezcal to buy, it’s important that you recognize when it’s authentic. Start by identifying if it’s a young or aged mezcal, if you want to know the flavor of mezcal in the purest way choose the young, while in the aged ones you’ll find different flavors and textures due to the form of its fermentation.

A mezcal of a good quality at the time of shaking its bottle you will observe that bubbles are formed in the upper part, which are known as pearls sign that it really is a mezcal, the next thing is to recognize its aroma, a very peculiar smell.

What you must do is take some mezcal with your fingers and spread it on your hands, letting it dry, thanks to this the smells will be more exposed and present, getting you to perceive the aromas of a good mezcal as smoke, earth, and cooked maguey.

Finally, and the most fun is to try the mezcal, this has a smoky flavor, cooked maguey and earth, but remember that this can vary depending on the agave used for its manufacture.

Before doing so, prepare your palate and do it with small sips to taste all its flavors at its best, in the second sip you can feel them more, inhale, give a small drink and take out the air, at that moment you’ll detect their flavors, with these tips you’ll become an expert taster of mezcals.

What to consider before buying a mezcal?

With the elements that we will share below you will know what mezcal to buy, which are quite important details to know much more about a mezcal and its production origin.

In the part of the bottle comes valuable information, it’s essential that it indicates that it’s 100% mezcal or consequently agave, it has a label that mentions in which state of the Mexican country it was made, as well as the municipality.

Look at the alcohol values that are also in the container and range from 40% to 55%.

They have a hologram that is granted by the Consejo Regulador del Mezcal (CRM), which is responsible for endorsing the certification of mezcals and accredits their quality and processing standards.

Observe their color, normally the mezcals that don’t go through the aging or resting process are totally transparent known as young, while those that go through a longer process are light yellow like the reposado and the aged ones their color is a brown tone.

What kind of mezcal do you want to take?

As we mentioned the mezcals can have different flavors and aromas that depends on their processes and type of agave that is used, it’s time that you know the mezcals that we have in La Luna Mezcal and discover them so that you choose the one that is closest to what you like, and you are looking for.

Mezcal Cupreata

As its name says, it’s produced with the agave cupreata that is characterized by its spines that are copper-colored, occurring in the states of Michoacán and Guerrero.  The aroma of Mezcal Cupreata is quite interesting and pleasant, you’ll perceive a smell of orange blossom, ripe fruits and a low intensity in its smoking, its cooking time is 90 hours and 120 hours of fermentation.

If you like citrus, floral flavors, with a touch of vanilla smell and a slight smoky flavor at the end, this mezcal is perfect for your palate, order it right now at La Luna Mezcal

Mezcal Tequilana

The blue agave is one of the best known since thanks to it we obtain the well-known tequila, but we can also create mezcal, it’s characterized by its high levels of sugar that are generated during production.

Mezcal tequilana is prepared with a smaller than usual agave that is known as criollo, but that offers a great experience on your palate, detecting flavors such as white pepper, with a delicate style of smoke and of course cooked agave. Learn more about the differences between mezcal and tequila and each one’s characteristics.

Request it now at La Luna Mezcal if you want to try something totally different with smells of flan, chewing gum and citrus to include new flavors in your cocktail bar.

Mezcal manso Sahuayo

This is one of the favorites of connoisseurs so before continuing reading ask for it right now, because its aromas of Cotija cheese, orange peel, herbs and papaya make it unique and that after each drink you taste sensations of mint, vanilla, and sweet agave.

Its cooking process is 120 hours and spends 12 days in fermentation, it’s also known as “cenizo” or more commercially called Manso Sahuayo due to the color of the pencas.

Mezcal chino silvestre

Believe it or not, this mezcal has a cleaner pine aroma, but do not worry about it, as it’s accompanied by evergreen leaves, lemon and pine, flavors present to cloves, anise, and cooked agave.

It’s 100% prepared with wild cupreata, with a process of 168 hours for cooking and is allowed to rest for a week. To learn more about this unique mezcal, enter our online store.

Mezcal bruto

Mezcal and pulque together, that’s how it’s, as you read it; to the raw mezcal of La Luna Mezcal are added a few touches of another typical drink of Mexico, which is the pulque with flavors representative of Michoacán, quite complex thanks to its sugar levels.

If you are adventurous and like strong flavors, when tasting and smelling this mezcal you’ll find leather, tobacco, earth, and blueberry with sweet touches of agave and bitter roots.

Don’t forget to visit our store and don’t miss the experience of trying the mezcals of La Luna Mezcal. You will find presentations of 200, 375 and 750 ML.

La Luna the best Michoacan mezcal

Michoacán is the state of the forests, sanctuaries of monarch butterflies and center of production of the mezcals of La Luna Mezcal, which are characterized by the manufacture of this typical Mexican drink in an ancestral and artisanal way.

We harvest the best magueyes at altitudes of 2 thousand meters, jimados at the time of reaching maturity, cooked, and fermented in wooden vats, with two stages of distillation that give it a unique and different touch, now that you know what mezcal to buy, request your bottle in La Luna Mezcal.

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