W&P try Mezcal

Last Friday we stopped by Palomino Lounge Enmore cause Wanky walked by the bar, asked if they have patience for “bullshit”, and they hesitantly said yes while laughing nervously.

Great people, highly recommend how excited they were to take us through things. Also patient considering the intro.

At some point, images were taken, and a mutual friend was texted unsolicited tasting notes.

It was his fault for introducing Wanky to Mezcals.

Wanky has forgotten almost anything about the terminology. There was petradato? There was something about the agave? Wanky might have lost all the terms and that is not a reflection on the staff.

Highlights

• Mezcal is apparently not just “smoky tequila” .. Wanky was lied to and is still processing their feelings about it.

• The staff were awesome. Eased us into it, we kinda started floral tequila-y.

• Got to more intense flavours. That-herb-from-great-british-bakeoff when they want a “soft flavor” but taste like liqourice when overdone.

• One mezcal tasted like fermented yoghurt as we pushed towards the extremes of the flavor canyon.

• The standout was Pretentious’ last order that tasted unmistakably like BBQ Sause. I’m still hungry after tasting it.

• Wanky started chasing the smokier stuff.. at which point all parties agreed Wanky’s palate is shot.

Takeaway

Palomino Lounge, Cool Place, definitely had a claim to “best variety of Mezcal”.

Mezcal is cool. Huge range, not fun “let’s do a shot” but has personality, a bit of punch.

Not the peaty “sit down and have an hour long tasting session of a single pour”, but pretty interesting regardless.