Mezcal Alipus 20th years 03

AT LIVING FOR BREAKFAST BY ART COCKTAIL CLUB tittle inside an art decó frame with 2 croissants in each side.

– Mihauatlán . Tierra del Mezcal San Andrés –

chapter 3 – Agave before and after harvest in Miahuatlan –

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his month we are celebrating Oaxaca and the 20th anniversary of Alipùs Mezcal by sharing our visits to some Palenques and the recipes Alexandra created for their 20th anniversary cocktail menu.

In this article we travel to Miahuatlán and San Baltazar Guelavila.

You can read our first article here

& here the second article here

ALIPÚS COCKTAILS & PALENQUES

3 San Andrés

San Andrés Mezcal was created by Don Valente Garcìa in the Miahuatlan region, south of Oaxaca. Miahuatlan is in the Sierra Sur, the entry gate to Oaxaca Pacific Coast. Look south and you can imagine Puerto Escondido, Mazunte, Puerto Angel waiting for you. You are still 4 hours away from palms and waves but the local market is already full with tropical products with plantains and cocoa above all.

Miahuatlan is one of the golden areas of Mezcal, famous for its Karwinskii agaves: tall and fibrous plants that produce some of the finest mezcales. Cuishe, Madre-Cuishe and Bicuishe all belong to this family. The soil goes from white calcite to orange clay that turns red at sunset.

In Miahuatlán Alipús works with Don Valente Angel to create Mezcal San Andrés.

As many maestros, Don Valente spent a few years as a construction worker in California before coming back to Miahuatlan and dedicate his life to the distillation of Agave. Today, all the family works in the production of Mezcal, with Don Valente nephew, Semeí, supervising the growing and harvesting of wild and cultivated agaves in one of the tidiest plantations we ever saw.

– Don Valente García Mezcal San Andrés Miahuatlán –

– Sierra Dusk –

Cocktail Sierra Dusk

With San Andrés

Style Sazerac

Mezcal Aroma notes of cooked agave, unrefined cane sugar, caramel, white flowers and anis.

Mezcal taste Notes of toasted fruits and cocoa, minerals and spices finish.

1 ½ Mezcal San Andrés
1 sugar cube
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Absinthe

Fill old-fashioned glass with ice.
Muddle sugar and bitters in a separate old-fashioned glass. Add Mezcal and stir. Discard ice from first glass. Add absinthe to chilled glass, swirl to coat inside and discard excess absinthe. Pour mezcal mixture from second glass into chilled glass.

Twist lemon over drink.

– View from San Baltazar Guelavila –

4 San Baltazar

The Hernandez family in San Baltazar is one of the most prolific. They work for many brands using different palenques while keeping a high quality standard.

Alipús produces Mezcal San Baltazar here with Cirillo Hernandez who is taking over the production after his father Cosme pioneer work.

Cirillo and Cosme are emblematic of what’s happening today in Oaxaca: younger generations becoming interested into Mezcal and learning from their parents how to reproduce a quality they mastered through years of practice.

With the help of Karina Abad (Alipús master distiller) San Baltazar recently renewed its palenque to allow for better work conditions and a more consistent quality.

– Cirilo Hernandez –

– Cosme Hernandez –

Cocktail ROYAL MAGUEY

With San Andrés

Style Queen’s Favorite

Mezcal Aroma orange peel, lemon, herbs (epazote) cinnamon and river rocks.

Mezcal taste good acidity with citric notes and light sweet finish.

1 ½ Mezcal San Baltazar
1 Dubonnet
¼ Fresh orange juice

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass.

Garnish with Lemon twist.

– Agaves from San Baltazar –

Bonus Recipe: Santa Ana and Sant Luis

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here are still two cocktails in the Alipus XX Anniversary menu: Santa Ana and San Luis.

– PRECIOUS CARGO –

PRECIOUS CARGO

With Santa Ana del Rio

Style Martini

Mezcal Aroma citrics like pomelo and lime, seeds, almonds, olives, rosemary and thyme. Notes of Paraffin.

Mezcal taste Good acidity, rosemary, glyceric finish.

1 ½ Mezcal Santa Ana
¼ Ancho Reyes Verde
½ Dolin Dry Vermouth

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled Martini Glass.

Garnish with 3 drops olive oil and rosemary sprig.

– PILAR –

Pilar

With San Luis

Style Hemingway Daiquiri

Mezcal Aroma lactic fermentation, yeasts, pineapple, eucalyptus and hints of smoke.

Mezcal taste Oily with herbal finish.

2 Mezcal San Luis
¼ Maraschino
¾ fresh grapefruit
1 spoon fresh lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into ice-filled Martini glass.

Garnish with pineapple.

– Alipús XX anniversary menu –

Recipes

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he Menu we created by Alexandra Purcaru for Alipus 20th anniversary. Alexandra is also Partner and Beverage Director at Selva Oaxaca, a Cocktail Bar she opened with Los Danzantes group in March 2019. If you already tried her cocktails you know how much she loves Mezcal and how she can sublimate Agave distillates into gourmet cocktails.

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asy to make cocktails with ingredients most cocktails lover have in their home bar. A twist on classics to help recommend the right bottle based on the client’s taste. Each recipe builds on the aroma and taste of each Mezcal to reinforce its characters instead of hiding it.

That’s all for our visits to Oaxaca palenques

Stay with us Martinis, in the next article we will discover Selva, the new cocktail bar in Oaxaca with a lot of Art Cocktail Club inside!

– Mihauatlán . Tierra del Mezcal San Andrés –

chapter 3

– Agave before and after harvest in Miahuatlan –

T

his month we are celebrating Oaxaca and the 20th anniversary of Alipùs Mezcal by sharing our visits to some Palenques and the recipes Alexandra created for their 20th anniversary cocktail menu.

In this article we travel to Miahuatlán and San Baltazar Guelavila.

You can read our first article here

& here the second article here

ALIPÚS COCKTAILS & PALENQUES

3

San Andrés

Miahuatlan is one of the golden areas of Mezcal, famous for its Karwinskii agaves: tall and fibrous plants that produce some of the finest mezcales. Cuishe, Madre-Cuishe and Bicuishe all belong to this family. The soil goes from white calcite to orange clay that turns red at sunset.

In Miahuatlán Alipús works with Don Valente Angel to create Mezcal San Andrés.

– Don Valente García Mezcal San Andrés Miahuatlán –

– Sierra Dusk –

Cocktail Sierra Dusk

With San Andrés

Style Sazerac

Mezcal Aroma notes of cooked agave, unrefined cane sugar, caramel, white flowers and anis.

Mezcal taste Notes of toasted fruits and cocoa, minerals and spices finish.

1 ½ Mezcal San Andrés

1 sugar cube

3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Absinthe

Fill old-fashioned glass with ice. Muddle sugar and bitters in a separate old-fashioned glass. Add Mezcal and stir. Discard ice from first glass. Add absinthe to chilled glass, swirl to coat inside and discard excess absinthe. Pour mezcal mixture from second glass into chilled glass.

Twist lemon over drink.

– View from San Baltazar Guelavila –

4

San Baltazar

The Hernandez family in San Baltazar is one of the most prolific. They work for many brands using different palenques while keeping a high quality standard.

Alipús produces Mezcal San Baltazar here with Cirillo Hernandez who is taking over the production after his father Cosme pioneer work.

Cirillo and Cosme are emblematic of what’s happening today in Oaxaca: younger generations becoming interested into Mezcal and learning from their parents how to reproduce a quality they mastered through years of practice.

With the help of Karina Abad (Alipús master distiller) San Baltazar recently renewed its palenque to allow for better work conditions and a more consistent quality.

– Cirilo Hernandez –

– Cosme Hernandez –

Cocktail ROYAL MAGUEY

With San Andrés

Style Queen’s Favorite

Mezcal Aroma orange peel, lemon, herbs (epazote) cinnamon and river rocks.

Mezcal taste good acidity with citric notes and light sweet finish.

1 ½ Mezcal San Baltazar

1 Dubonnet

¼ Fresh orange juice

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled Old Fashioned glass.

Garnish with Lemon twist.

– Agaves from San Baltazar –

Bonus Recipe: Santa Ana and Sant Luis

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here are still two cocktails in the Alipus XX Anniversary menu: Santa Ana and San Luis.

– PRECIOUS CARGO –

PRECIOUS CARGO

With Santa Ana del Rio

Style Martini

Mezcal Aroma citrics like pomelo and lime, seeds, almonds, olives, rosemary and thyme. Notes of Paraffin.

Mezcal taste Good acidity, rosemary, glyceric finish.

1 ½ Mezcal Santa Ana

¼ Ancho Reyes Verde

½ Dolin Dry Vermouth

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled Martini Glass.

Garnish with 3 drops olive oil and rosemary sprig.

– PILAR –

Pilar

With San Luis

Style Hemingway Daiquiri

Mezcal Aroma lactic fermentation, yeasts, pineapple, eucalyptus and hints of smoke.

Mezcal taste Oily with herbal finish.

2 Mezcal San Luis

¼ Maraschino

¾ fresh grapefruit

1 spoon fresh lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into ice-filled Martini glass.

Garnish with pineapple.

– Alipús XX anniversary menu –

Recipes

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Concept

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asy to make cocktails with ingredients most cocktails lover have in their home bar. A twist on classics to help recommend the right bottle based on the client’s taste. Each recipe builds on the aroma and taste of each Mezcal to reinforce its characters instead of hiding it.

That’s all for our visits to Oaxaca palenques

Stay with us Martinis, in the next article we will discover Selva, the new cocktail bar in Oaxaca with a lot of Art Cocktail Club inside!

Fill old-fashioned glass with ice.
Muddle sugar and bitters in a separate old-fashioned glass. Add Mezcal and stir. Discard ice from first glass. Add absinthe to chilled glass, swirl to coat inside and discard excess absinthe. Pour mezcal mixture from second glass into chilled glass.