Erstwhile Tepeztate Mezcal (Ancestral Limited Edition)

A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this Erstwhile Ancestral Limited Release rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years. 

Distilled in clay pots.  Hand-hollowed 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%