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Review · · by The Editors

Elenita Cucumber Lime

A 5% ABV canned cocktail – listed under mezcal, but that's a stretch of the category by any reasonable reading

Score: 2.5/5 agaves

Elenita Cucumber Lime bottle
  • Producer: Elenita
  • Region: San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca
  • Agave: Espadin
  • ABV: 5%
  • Price: $40 ($)

Verdict

5% ABV puts it closer to hard seltzer than to the category we cover in these reviews. As a canned summer drink it's fine. As mezcal it's irrelevant – the category has no use for RTDs at seltzer proof. Consensus 4.0 rates it as a cocktail, which is the correct frame.

Shouldn't be on a mezcal shelf in the first place

Tasting notes

Nose: Cucumber, lime zest, a faint mezcal smoke underneath, a trace of soda-water neutrality

Palate: Watered-down and sweetened at 5%. This is a ready-to-drink cocktail in a can, not a mezcal – the agave base is structurally irrelevant to the finished drink, and what you're tasting is cucumber-lime seltzer with a hint of smoke

Finish: Sweet, clean, with a faint cucumber fade. Short

The bottom line

Worth owning from a cooler, not a mezcal shelf

Where to buy online

We found this bottle at 5 US retailers. Prices and stock vary – click through to check.

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