Mal Bien Espadín Felipe Y Ageo Cortes

Mal Bien is a collection of agave spirits from small producers throughout Mexico, curated by spirits nerds and agave lovers during their travels in search of the delicious, authentic, and interesting. 

Felipe and his son Ageo are the 3rd and 4th generations of the Cortes family to produce mezcal in the Miahuatlán District of Oaxaca, an area famous for its abundance and diversity of agave, and a strong tradition of distilling. They are related to the neighboring Ramos family via Felipe’s wife (Ageo’s mother), Cesilia, whose sister Cleotilde is married to Victor.

Though father and son work side-by-side, batch codes ending in FC signify the cuts, and final composition were done by Felipe, and batch codes ending in AC signify the cuts and composition were done by Ageo.