Mezcal Encyclopedia

Want to know your puntas from your perlas from your pechuga? Your bacanora from your bagazo? Find your mezcal definitions here!

Mezcalistas Tools of the trade

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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B

Bacanorero (bacanorera)

Bagazo (or Bagaso)

Blanco, plata, silver, joven

C

Cuastecomate or the amazing jicara

D

Denominación de Origen

Destilado de Agave (agave distillate)

Difusor (or Diffuser)

Dry fermentation

E

Ensamble (Ensemble)

F

G

Gusto Historico

H

Hijuelos, seeds, bulbils - Or how your agave is grown

I

J

M

Maestro Mezcalero/Mezcalera

Mixing your mezcals

More on the origin of Minero

N

NOM-070 (or the mezcal norm)

Norma, norm, NOM

O

On sustainability

P

Puntas or Heads

Q

R

S

Sin CAM no hay mezcal

Single Agave Mezcals

T

Tren de molino or tren de molienda

Tuba, "vino de coco" and lambanog

V

Vino, or vino mezcal