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Liquor · Whisky

Whiskey Maiz Nation Anejo 750

Pay online, pick up at the shop, 2690 Broadway. Ready in about 2 hours during pickup hours. Orders placed after 5:30 PM (4:30 PM on Sunday) are ready the next day from 10:30 AM (11:30 AM Sunday).

The tasting card

Category

Mexican whiskey from native corn, añejo

Producer

Maíz Nation

Distillery

SolCraft Distillery, San Agustín Etla

Region

Oaxaca, Mexico

Age

Aged at least 14 months

Proof

100 proof

Alcohol

50%

Cask

Newly made American oak barrels with a deep char

Mash bill

Four native corn varieties: Olotillo, Tepecintle, Bolita and Chalqueño

How it is made

Corn stone-ground at the distillery, mashed and cut with rainwater, distilled in small 600-litre copper pot stills, at a solar-powered site.

Tasting note

Golden amber. American oak leads with vanilla and baking spice, then citrus zest, dark chocolate and sweet roasted corn.

About this bottle

Maíz Nation distills whiskey from native Mexican corn grown by farming families, and first ran those corns through its stills in 2014. Its distillery in the mountains of Oaxaca runs only on solar power and collects rainwater, and the team also made the 2020 documentary Los Guardianes del Maíz.