Dixeebe Mezcal (pronounced “dee-sh-bay”) is a project from Asis Cortes and his father, Valentin Cortes. Their family has been producing mezcal in the Santiago Matatlán region of Oaxaca for at least 180 years. The two of them are perhaps most well-known in Mexico and internationally for their previous work with Mezcal El Jolgorio and Nuestra Soledad. Asis and his father decided to launch Dixeebe as a way to reconnect with their past and support their traditions in the future. The brand launched internationally in March 2022 where it is sold in 375ml bottles. Asis had the idea of smaller bottles to make premium mezcal more accessible.

Dixeebe will always be small batch and true to the historical production process of mezcal. The very modest palenque has two stills, four small fermentation vats, one tahona, and one roasting pit. There is also an aging cave where they are already aging mezcal in glass for future releases. All Dixeebe batches will likely only be a few hundred bottles, and some even smaller.

According to Asis, Dixeebe is a ceremony of honor of respect and love, the purest thanks to culture, their tradition and their ancestors, a great veneration of liquid, a gift from the gods to men, and an offering from men to the gods.

Dixeebe Arroqueno is produced by Valentin Cortes in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca. The maguey Arroqueno (Agave americana) used in this mezcal are cooked in an underground pit oven, milled by tahona, and double distilled in a copper still.

Spirit Type: Mezcal