ALIPUS San Luis del Rio
Don Baltazar Cruz made what’s inside the bottle in your hand.
Fermented in pine vats & distilled by Don Baltazar Cruz Gomez from agave espadín grown at about 4000 feet in shallow sandy soils. San Luis gets hot and the agaves yield mezcals with rich flavor. Spicy, round, and soft.
Short video of Ansley Coale on Alipus & San Luis
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Don Baltazar Cruz
The San Luis Valley
Agave plantings near San Luis
Delivering agaves
Roasted agaves
The mill
Still & condensing tank in San Luis del Rio
Upstream river water gravity-fed into condensing tank
Wild agave on way to San Luis del Rio
Ansley Coale's tasting notes on San Luis del Rio