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    Mezcalero

    Onofre Ortiz

    Mezcalero, Bozal Mezcal

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    Portrait of Onofre Ortiz

    Portrait of Onofre Ortiz

    i. Biography

    Onofre Ortiz is a fifth-generation mezcalero and palenquero from Bramaderos, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, where he produces mezcal and agave distillates from cultivated and capón-harvested agaves. He is the founder/creator behind Puntiagudo and the foundational producer for Claridad, with spirits made in Bramaderos using traditional pit-cooking, hand-crushing, and natural fermentation methods.