Mamposteria translates as “masonry” and is used in that sense in the mezcal world for two applications. One is for ovens and the other for fermentation vessels made from a combination of rocks and mortar. There is ample evidence of this in western Jalisco, which is possibly where distillation first began in what is today Mexico. The tradition lives on in some distilleries and can even be applied to the large masonry steam ovens used in some tequila distilleries.
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