Direct from Joshua Tree (by way of Oaxaca), this
Rancho de la Luna Mezcal is the craziest liquor I've ever tasted. I like tequila, but I've never had its big brother mezcal before.
They are not the same.
I mean, they're both made from agave, but good lord, this stuff is like a handful of nuts and Spanish moss and thick mesquite smoke that happens to be on fire when you put it in your mouth. I think that's how they'd describe it in the
Wine Spectator.
Anyway, I don't mean that in a bad way. It's not
bad, it's just
crazy. Like Keith Moon or Hunter Thompson.