Sierra Norte Native Oaxacan Black Corn

It tastes young and raw and grassy; and definitely Mexican. I have had Mexican cigars and Mexican coffee, and there is a young, dry grass backtaste that has permeated them all. Hay on the nose. Some sweet on the palate, and that dry grassy note. If anything...I would keep it around for an educational flight with their yellow corn, some blue corn (Balocnes or Kinsey), popcorn whiskey from Kinsey, and some popular dent corn whiskey, which is the standard corn used in most bourbon, I think.

You can get a lot of tobacco, bitter dark chocolate, and hog feed corn cobs (worked on a farm and those corn cobs are on every corn whiskey I’ve had) on the nose. There is also almost like an apple cider vinegar note on the nose also which sounds weird but weirdly works. On the taste it’s all bitter dark chocolate, tobacco, and then a sweet (I think barrel) note. It is very rich and oily. It’s a funky journey and if you like outlier/weird whiskey.

Bananas and plantains on the tongue, for sure, with some almond on the finish, which was of good length. Almost had the most of a tequila, but not quite sure of that was psychosomatic or not. Either way, this was definitely both good and interesting, which is a pretty rare combo for such a distillery, if you’re asking me. (Are you? Call me, maybe.)

Not so welcoming mezcal nose. Not sure why. Buttered, funky corn. Plastic. Finish has a redeeming burnt corn note but not enough.

Noticeably spicy and fruity. An incredibly interesting whiskey.

Very unique, but not really to my taste