BEÚ Spirits Moon Ceremony

Item: BEÚ Spirits Moon Ceremony
Rating: 3.0
Author: The Editors

Another Santo Domingo Albarradas pechuga – lower proof than the Blood Moon

Score: 3.0/5 agaves

Producer: BEÚ Spirits
Maestro: Domingo Orozco
Region: Santo Domingo Albarradas, Oaxaca
Agave: Espadin
ABV: 42%
Price: $40 ($)

Verdict

A reasonable lower-proof pechuga. BEÚ's Moon Ceremony is the lower-proof companion to the Blood Moon, same Santo Domingo Albarradas village, different batch, 42% vs. 49%. The comparison is instructive: the Blood Moon's proof gives the pechuga recipe structural room to develop, while the Moon Ceremony at 42% delivers the same ingredients in silhouette. Same producer, different proof, legibly different bottle. No consensus; we come in at 3. The Blood Moon is the better BEÚ pechuga.

Same producer, different proof, different bottle

Tasting notes

Nose: Warm spice – then cooked fruit, soft smoke

Palate: Medium-bodied at 42% – the proof undercuts what the Blood Moon does well

Finish: Warm. Medium

The bottom line

The Blood Moon is the better BEÚ pechuga