I’m a huge fan of Mr Black, and pretty much have bought all their releases. The favorite ones being their standard single origin. This one here is an exception. I’m no mezcal expert, far from it, but the few mezcal I’ve had were slightly to very earthy smoky, herbal, and/ or mineral-y. I’d expect this to have a smoky backbone as well, but that was so missing. Instead what I got was a bit of weakened standard MrBlack , less of the coffee flavor, and none of the mezcal flavor. I don’t see any mezcal influence at all. Maybe it needed more time in cask? Or a stronger mezcal with more pronounced flavors. Personally, this was a total miss. Well, not all experiments go right, we’ll chalk this up to lesson learned. Update : I pulled this to a 4…had with 50/50 milk and this…taste totally different and much better with milk