Distiller
Oscar Hernández Santiago
Maestro Mezcalero, Gracias a Dios
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Portrait of Oscar Hernández Santiago
i. Biography
Oscar Hernández Santiago is a fourth-generation maestro mezcalero from Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, where he was born and raised and began working in his parents’ mezcal palenque at a young age. His mother taught him to make mezcal when he was 14, and he later became the distiller and equal partner behind Gracias a Dios, a mezcal and agave gin brand produced in Santiago Matatlán.
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