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  • Turkey Mole Negro Pechuga (2023 Limited Edition)

    Elevate your holiday feasts with this delightful sipper: a turkey pechuga mezcal inspired by Thanksgiving and Oaxacan family traditions. Savor the fusion of mole negro – an Oaxacan classic – with Thanksgiving classics like turkey, sweet potato, cranberry, and more. Triple-distilled in copper alembic stills. Crafted by skilled mezcal producers Epifania Gómez & Silverio García of Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca.

    $79.95 (375ml)

  • Five-Spice Duck Pechuga (2023 Limited Edition)

    Only 500 liters available. Get ready to experience the flavor interplay of duck umami, star anise, cinnamon, and juicy tropical fruits.

    A coveted treasure for mezcal connoisseurs, the world’s first Five-Spice Duck Pechuga is a collaboration between Erstwhile and award-winning mezcal producers Epifania Gómez – a distinguished Woman in Mezcal – and Silverio García of Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca.

    We’ve carefully selected fruits that are ripe and in season, including: pineapples, mangos, nanches, plums, and plantains. Complementing the fruits are fresh herbs and spices such as ginger, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, rosemary, bay leaf, basil, cilantro, thyme, and black pepper.

    $79.95 (375ml)

  • Jabalí by Silverio García (2023 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    Only 100 liters made. Jabalí agaves are the most difficult, temperamental agave varietal to work with due to the foam – resulting from saponins, a naturally occuring compound in jabalí agaves – generated at every stage of production from roasting to fermentation to distillation.

    Jabalí requires much more work and yields much less mezcal, compared to other agave varietals.  It took about fifty-five pounds of raw Jabalí agave to make one liter of mezcal (or 1 metric ton of raw agave for every forty liters of mezcal) for this particular batch.

    A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this batch of Jabalí crafted by Silverio García Luis – a 2023 Ancestral Limited Release – rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.

    Don Lencho, Silverio’s father, used a hollowed out quiote (the flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of a copper turbante, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.

    $89.95 (375ml)

  • Tobalá (2023 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    Crafted from 100% Tobalá agave, this delightful sipper – bursting with ripe tropical fruits and sweet caramel notes – is the ultimate crowd pleaser for mezcal connoisseurs and first-time drinkers alike.

    A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this batch of Tobalá crafted by Silverio García Luis – a 2023 Ancestral Limited Release – rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.

    Don Lencho, Silverio’s father, used a hollowed out quiote (the flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of a copper turbante, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.

    Now you too can partake in this unique mezcal tradition from the García family in Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca, available for the first time in the United States in partnership with Erstwhile Mezcal.

    $109.95 (750ml)

  • Espadín

    This award-winning sipping mezcal also shines in craft cocktails! It hits that magical sweet spot of taste, complexity, good value and versatility. Elegant. Balanced. Nuanced. Approachable but never boring.

    $54.95 (750ml)

  • Tobalá (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    This rare batch of Tobalá – one of Erstwhile’s 2021 Ancestral Limited Releases- marks Master Mezcalero Juan Abel Quiroz Agustín’s debut in the United States and international markets.  Only 200 liters made.  Natural open-vat fermentation in Santa María Sola, Oaxaca.  Distilled exclusively in Filipino-style stills made with clay pots.

    $69.95 (375ml)

  • Espadín (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    This rare batch of Espadin – one of Erstwhile’s 2021 Ancestral Limited Releases- marks Master Mezcalero Juan Abel Quiroz Agustín’s debut in the United States and international markets.  Only 300 liters made. Natural open-vat fermentation in Santa María Sola, Oaxaca. Distilled exclusively in Filipino-style stills made with clay pots.

    $54.95 (375ml)

  • Arroqueño-Espadín Ensamble (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    This rare batch of Arroqueño-Espadin Ensamble – one of Erstwhile’s 2021 Ancestral Limited Releases- marks Master Mezcalero Juan Abel Quiroz Agustín’s debut in the United States and international markets.  Only 300 liters made. Natural open-vat fermentation in Santa María Sola, Oaxaca. Distilled exclusively in Filipino-style stills made with clay pots.

    $69.95 (375ml)

  • Madre Cuishe (2021 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this batch of Madrecuishe crafted by Silverio García Luis – a 2021 Ancestral Limited Release – rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.

    Don Lencho, Silverio’s father, used a hollowed out quiote (the flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of a copper turbante, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.

    Now you too can partake in this unique mezcal tradition from the García family in Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca, available for the first time in the United States in partnership with Erstwhile Mezcal.

    $69.95 (375ml) | $109.95 (750ml)

  • Tepeztate (Ancestral Limited Edition)

    A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this batch of Tepeztate crafted by Silverio García Luis rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.

    Don Lencho, Silverio’s father, used a hollowed out quiote (the flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of a copper turbante, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.

    Now you too can partake in this unique mezcal tradition from the García family in Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca, available for the first time in the United States in partnership with Erstwhile Mezcal.

    $69.95 (375ml) | $109.95 (750ml)

  • Arroqueño (2018 Limited Edition)

    This delightful expression of Arroqueño is the most aromatic of the 7 distillations from Erstwhile Mezcal’s 2018 flagship line. Bright, botanical, and floral. Perfumery, spice market, and burnt orange on the nose. Lovely notes of green plantain and citrus on the palate.

    $109.95 (750ml)

  • Tepeztate-Tobalá Ensamble (2018 Limited Edition)

    A true blend of 50% Tepeztate and 50% Tobalá, two agaves that are dramatically different in personality.  This Tepeztate-Tobalá Ensamble is Tepeztate forward, meaning you will likely taste the green, vegetal, and pear notes of the Tepeztate first, before it expands into the Tobalá’s sweeter fruit notes and rounder body.

    $109.95 (750ml)

  • Tobalá (2018 Limited Edition)

    This Tobalá mezcal is an easy sipper, with tropical fruit notes and a rounder mouth feel. It makes us think of dessert, and would make a fabulous after-dinner digestif with dessert or on its own. Banana foster, creme brûlée, banana pudding … The possibilities are endless.

    $109.95 (750ml)

  • Henequén (2018 Limited Edition)

    A must-have for any serious mezcal collector. This is the first mezcal made from the Henequén agave that is available in the US market. This distillation, made from cultivated Henequén agave, is a small-batch limited edition of 397 liters (roughly 500 bottles) from the personal collection of master mezcal producer Juan Hernández Méndez in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca.

    $139.95 (750ml)

  • Jabalí by Zeferino Gómez (2023 Ancestral Limited Edition)

    Only 75 liters made. Triple-distilled in clay pot and agave quiote. A legacy of the era when Mezcal production was illegal in Oaxaca, this batch of Jabalí crafted by Zeferino Gómez García – a 2023 Ancestral Limited Release – rescues a García family tradition that had been forgotten for almost fifty years.

    Don Lencho, Zeferino’s grandfather, used a hollowed out quiote (the flowering stalk of agave plants) instead of a copper turbante, to evade the military that would come and seize his distillation equipment by force.

    Now you too can partake in this unique mezcal tradition from the García family in Rancho Blanco Güilá, Oaxaca, available for the first time in the United States in partnership with Erstwhile Mezcal.

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    Bacon Pechuga (2021 Limited Edition)

    A must-have for any serious mezcal collector. This Bacon Pechuga Mezcal is an all-women collaboration between Erstwhile Mezcal, Master Distiller Hortensia Hernández Martínez, and her daughters in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca.  Only 300 liters made.

    Ripe mango, guava, pineapple, and bacon locally sourced in Oaxaca are the star ingredients.  Three distillations total.  Bacon is slow-steamed in the still for the last two distillations, giving an amazing creamy and smooth texture to each sip.⁠

    Double the Bacon! Double the deliciousness!

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    Cuishe (2018 Limited Edition)

    An herbal, easy drinking mezcal from the Agave karwinskii family. This Cuishe mezcal has a bit of kick to it with notes of jalapeño pepper, clove and cinnamon.

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    Espadín Capón (2018 Limited Edition)

    Erstwhile Mezcal’s Espadín Capón, a 2018 Limited Edition, is a special distillation of only 100 liters. Made from homegrown Espadín piñas, grown and cared for with love and with pride, on master mezcalero Juan Hernández Méndez’s own land.