5 Sentidos - Tobala Mezcal by Tio Pedro

5 Sentidos - Tobala Mezcal by Maestro Mezcalero Tio Pedro

47% abv (94 proof), 750ML

Spirits Distilled from Agave

Distilled in June 2022, Bottled in December 2022.

In October 2022, Drammers Club members met in Oaxaca with 5 Sentidos founder Jason Cox to select a batch of mezcal. After working at other palenques for most of his life, Tio Pedro founded his own distillery, which he calls “La Esperanza” in his hometown of Santa Catarina Minas in Oaxaca. That’s where he produced this ultra-small 92 liter batch. To create it, he collected wild tobala agaves from the Sola de Vega region, which he cooked in his modest 3-ton underground over with guamuche firewood for 5 days. He let the cooked agaves sit for about 10 days before mashing them with a gas-powered mill. He let the mash dry ferment for 3 days before adding gallons of water before it fermented for another 12 days. He then double distilled the fermented mash in clay pot stills, and adjusted the final product with heads and tails to arrive at the desired flavor and proof.

This special batch was exclusively bottled for Members and Observers of Drammers Club.

Drammers Pick #81