How Mezcal Is Made | Made Here | Popular Mechanics

In this episode of the Popular Mechanics series “MADE HERE,” we head to Mexico to learn about the heart and soul that goes into making mezcal.

Mezcal can be a relaxing afterwork beverage or a lively mixer for a party cocktail. For Luis Jaime Pérez Sánchez, the spirit is a symbol of decades of sweat and passion.

“We are the fourth generation on both my father’s side and my mother’s side,” he tells Popular Mechanics. “Thanks to the production of mezcal, my family is united. And it is a very good thing because not all families have the fortune to dedicate themselves to the same thing and be united.”

Mezcal production is much more labor intensive than its margarita-birthing cousin. Whereas tequila is the result of distilling the steamed heart of blue agave plants, mezcal requires more time to harvest, prep, and cook.

The Pappa Doo distillery, named after one of Sánchez’s grandfathers, is about seven hours southeast of Mexico City on a remote palenque in the state of Oaxaca. Eighty five percent of the world’s mezcal production comes from the region, where centuries-old production techniques passed along from their forefathers. One such practice involves drawing juice from the agave fruit through a process called tahona, in which a burro pulls a large stone over the chopped-up leaves. And unlike other mass production distilleries, this palenque uses copper piping.

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[keikofilms]

I love the fact that there is no annoying voice over or narration. Just men doing the craft

[celestielha]

I fell in love with mezcal while traveling through Mexico. Truly the drink of the gods ❤️😍❤️

[presentmnd]

I love the fact that they're speaking their indigenous language you got to keep your native indigenous language alive also

[jasonsmith]

Wow! That gave me a lot of respect for the process. That's a lot of hard work! Thank you for the video!

[ricmars]

Mezcal is incredible! So is Pulque! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Przemy-fox]

MAKING MONEY IS AN ACTION. KEEPING MONEY IS A BEHAVIOR, BUT "GROWING MONEY IS WISDOM" I HEARD THIS FROM SOMEONE.

[brushcountry]

This video represents everything we’ve forgotten. Great video. Thank you for posting.

[james]

Amazing that’s some hard working men there.
I haven’t drank in many years but I love good mezcal and that looks like some top drawer stuff
Hats off to those guys

[arthorim]

Pure artisan mezcal elaborated for indigenous hands. I'm glad they don't let their language die.

[trevoror]

Bless these men for the work they do my favourite tiffle

[apollo]

$138 US. El Yope Joven. Truly a special distillery.

[lucianomulot]

Fermentación y destilado, mas complejo que el vino, muy bueno el video.

[anthonyduran]

Dopest of the dope spirited distilled spirits known to man. This shit is interdimensional.

[CocktailsWithAdele]

I love mezcal, so cool to see the process!!

[EthanBlock]

This video makes me want to move to Oaxaca and become a mezcalero

[WTC]

I wish you would show them unearthing the cooked hearts or whatever they're called.

[Girlgamssilver]

Americans have forgotten what hard, back-breaking labor looks like.

[pete]

the bottle he shared, lists some clues to that history on its label: Molienda a mano (milled by hand), fermentación en pozo de piedra volcánica (fermented in a volcanic stone pit), destilado de agave del sur de Jalisco (agave distillate from southern Jalisco), and destilador Filipino (Filipino still).

[nicholaschriss]

7:45 I swear I can hear an Aussie say "That's a lota of work bro."

[adriansvarela]

THIS is the video everyone wants to see