El Jolgorio Cuixe Mezcal Size:750ml It was smuggled in tin

It was smuggled in tin cans and opened tableside

almost four to be exact

but production stopped just after World War II and the still in which it was made became a lost American tradition

and toffee

Kentucky in 1856

El Jolgorio Cuixe Mezcal Size:750ml It was smuggled in tinEl Jolgorio Cuixe is made with wild maguey Cuishe (agave Karwinskii). Like its relative agave Madrecuishe and Barril, this agave grows in a cylindrical, stalk shaped pia, with leaves spreading at the top. It is often slightly smaller than Madrecuishe, but more dense. This Mezcal has an earthy scent, like wet clay. The taste is spicy with subtle hints of smooth smoke.