As a side note the first time I tasted Mezcal let alone DM was at a tasting run by Ron Copper him self and two of the distillery owners. We tasted the whole line and at that time I did not like one of them at all. Now I have three DM bottles and about six different Mezcals in total. It grows on you, but not really anything like tequila as you would think it would. Even the cooked agave tastes totally different. Cooked agave for mezcal tastes like sweet beef jerky.
Nice buzz though....