Mæxiko Mezcal inspired Spirit

Maexiko is not a mezcal and is not made from agave. It is a clear, unaged spirit from Parforce Spirits, a young company in Copenhagen, Denmark, designed as a European interpretation of a smoky, fruity agave style rather than the real thing. The maker leans on the fact that agave belongs to the asparagus family to explain the flavour kinship, but the honest framing is a Nordic grain spirit that resembles a lightly smoky mezcal.

The base is grain, smoked corn, asparagus and northern sea buckthorn, fermented with champagne yeast and then double distilled in small batches before bottling in 350 ml format at 43%. The smoke here comes from the smoked corn rather than from pit roasting agave. Expect a profile close to a gently smoky spirit with a few sweet, fruity nuances, easy to drink neat, over ice or in a long drink. Useful as a curiosity for anyone exploring smoky distillates from outside Mexico.