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BEÚ Spirits Phobos
Pulquero from San Juan Bautista – a rarely-bottled agave
Score: 4.0/5 agaves
- Producer: BEÚ Spirits
- Maestro: Rolando Sandoval
- Region: San Juan Bautista, Oaxaca
- Agave: Pulquero
- ABV: 48%
- Price: $66 ($$)
Verdict
An unusual and successful BEÚ release. Pulquero is a karwinskii-family agave that rarely gets single-variety bottling – most drinkers have never encountered it – and BEÚ's Phobos release from San Juan Bautista at 48% delivers the agave's specific creamy-straw register cleanly. Pulquero is the vocabulary word most drinkers haven't learned yet, and bottles like this are how the category teaches it. Community consensus aligns. A vocabulary bottle.
Pulquero is the category word most drinkers haven't learned
Tasting notes
Nose: Warm straw, creamy undertone, mineral damp
Palate: Distinctive at 48% – pulquero's dairy-leaning register holds
Finish: Warm, slightly milky. Stays very long
The bottom line
A vocabulary bottle