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Review · · by The Editors
Alipus San Andres
San Andrés village ensamble – a quiet but honest bottle
Score: 3.5/5 agaves
- Producer: Alipus Mezcal
- Maestro: Atanasio Aragón Martínez, Valente Angel García
- Region: San Andres, Oaxaca
- Agave: Bicuishe, Espadin
- ABV: 47%
- Price: $56 ($$)
Verdict
San Andrés is the quiet cousin in the Alipus village lineup, softer, sweeter, less insistent than San Baltazar or Santa Ana, and unlikely to stop anyone mid-sip. Don't hunt it down solo; buy it as one arm of a three-bottle village flight and let it do the comparative work it's built for. On its own shelf, Banhez or Nuestra Soledad at the same money say more about where they're from.
Alipus at its most workaday
Tasting notes
Nose: Cooked agave, damp earth, faint smoke
Palate: Clean at ~47% – village-specific without demanding attention
Finish: Medium-long, dry
The bottom line
For the Alipus completist