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Attn Beverage Industry Pros: Experience 🏆Award-Winning🌟 ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal at Bar Convent Brooklyn (BCB) June 9th - 10th 2026 At 11am-7pm Both Days


~ Tonya Hopkins aka “The Food (& Drink!) Griot” reporting 


As the Cultural AttachĂ© for ElĂ©ctrico USA, I’m delighted to share here even MORE exciting news on ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal’s continued top AWARDs WINning streak along with a wonderful way for beverage industry professionals to experience each award winner in real life once again at Bar Convent Brooklyn (BCB) 2026:

BCB At A Glance:

  • TWO MAIN DATES

    • Tuesday, June 9, 2026
      11 AM – 7 PM

    • Wednesday, June 10, 2026
      11 AM – 7 PM

    • + Pre-Event Sessions: Monday, June 8, 2026 (Exclusively for exhibitors and Premium VIP badge holders).

  • HOURS & LOCATION:

  • Hours: 11:00 AM - 7:00PM each day plus additional times for official programming runs for two packed days (three for VIPs) of tastings, education, and networking

  • Location: Industry City, Brooklyn, NY: 2nd Ave between 33rd & 34th St 
    Buildings 5, 7 & 8 Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY 11232

ABOUT BAR CONVENT BROOKLYN (BCB)

At BCB Brooklyn, bar and beverage professionals are invited to network with peers and learn about new trends, techniques and taste amazing products in the domestic and international markets. Attendees can also attend demonstrations, keynote addresses, and panel discussions with leading industry experts. Exhibitors at BCB Brooklyn will be carefully curated to feature primarily premium craft spirit brands and mixers.

WHO ATTENDS 

Bartenders 

Bar Owners 

Bar Managers 

Beverage Directors 

Distributors 

F&B Managers 

Importers 

Restaurant Owners 

Restaurant Managers

EXCITING UPDATES: ElĂ©ctrico’s 2026 TOP AWARD WINS ! đŸ†đŸ„‡đŸ„ˆđŸ„ˆâ€Š.

A REMOTE OAXACAN FAMILY DISTILLERY, ELÉCTRICO MEZCAL, WON BIG — AGAIN— in the L.A. SPIRITS AWARDS!!!

This privately-owned, artisanal mezcal distillery hidden in the mountains of southern Mexico has swept up a slew of top medals in the overall agave spirits and mezcal categories AGAIN at the prestigious Los Angeles Spirits Tasting Awards. In rigorous blind tasting sessions, the Awards organization’s team of expert judges gave highest medals to EACH of the submitted ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal ‘Artesanal’ expressions including — once again — that coveted top tier Platinum Medal for TobalĂĄ Joven (which was awarded last year to ElĂ©ctrico’s 3-year matured Tobalá
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EXPERIENCE AWARD-WINNING ELÉCTRICO AT BCB!


Spirits industry leaders, influencers and buyers are more than welcome to visit our booth to experience ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal’s heartwarming story and try each and every one of our award-winning expressions at Bar Convent Brooklyn, June 9th-10th 2026, in Industry City (Brooklyn NYC’s Sunset Park neighborhood. 

Find us at Stand #_____ in the _____ Pavilion and meet the amazing ElĂ©ctrico team including yours truly: Tonya Hopkins( @thefoodgriot/IG)

And be sure to check out ElĂ©ctrico in BCB’s Product Showcase area displaying and conveying ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal’s recent top wins at the 2026 AND 2025 L.A. Spirits Awards.Shows ..

Learn more

Where this amazing medal-winning mezcal is made: The Eléctrico Mezcal Palenque in San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Maestro Mezcalero, Manuel Antonio Cirino based in San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca, Mexico has earned a reputation for perfecting the art of crafting high-end mezcal. For him the medals validate years of dedication to his art


Austin-based ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal Partner: Musician and Entrepreneur, Kathleen Blackwell: Founder/President ElĂ©ctrico Spirits Importers, Inc. shown here with Platinum Award -Winning ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal TobalĂĄ Matured 3 Years ,

ABOUT ELÉCTRICO

Every drop from ElĂ©ctrico’s pure copper alembics is distilled from a single variety of agave (maguey), locally-grown without chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Gently infused with the natural oak smoke of the three-day roast and the mineral-rich water from ElĂ©ctrico’s own spring, it is fermented in pine tinas without chemical accelerants or imported yeasts. The twice-distilled results are then matured in glass to allow the flavor to evolve gently. Even the lemongrass in its ‘distilled with’ range, is home-grown on ElĂ©ctrico’s smallholdings and further expressions with locally roasted coffee and mandarin are currently maturing. The result is a range of mezcal expressions, each one a pure distillation of the Oaxacan highlands, clean, clear and complex.

Eléctrico Mezcal is a single distillery company operated by three generations in the mountains of San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca, Mexico. Under the leadership of its two main partners: Maestro Mezcalero, Manuel Antonio Cirino and his Austin-based partner, Kathleen Blackwell, the company has earned a reputation for perfecting the art of making high-end mezcal.

While much mezcal production has industrialized, ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal is committed to making mezcal that can hold its head up among the greatest sipping spirits of the world. "Great mezcal is as special as the finest sipping alcohols. I’ve always believed I could prove that. These awards from the L.A. Spirits Awards confirm it," said Maestro Cirino.

"Since we met while I was recording in Oaxaca some years ago, I’ve known that Cirino’s mezcal was something special. I am so glad our three families have stuck to our principles of traditional artisanship," said Kathleen Blackwell, who has carried the flag for ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal in the USA since she, Cirino and her husband Arthur Edstrom founded the company while she was recording music in Oaxaca with Ronan Chris Murphy, Producer. "We want to share with the world that our ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal is a true and sophisticated expression of Oaxacan culture”,

in 2025 Four expressions of Eléctrico were entered and ALL FOUR WON the highest level of awards! Platinum, Gold, Silver


SHOP Eléctrico Mezcal ONLINE

👇DIRECT LINKS TO SHOP THE AWARD WINNERS!:

Or call: +1 310 770 9464 (voicemail) 

Cultural AttachĂ© for ElĂ©ctrico USA, Tonya Hopkins, aka The Food (& Drink!) Griot shown here with Platinum Award -Winning ElĂ©ctrico Mezcal TobalĂĄ Matured 3 Years , Silver Award-Winning Mezcal EspadĂ­n Distilled with Lemongrass and all ElĂ©ctrico expressions at various tastings.

STAY TUNED for invites to a special insider event (or two!) that ElĂ©ctrico and I will be hosting to expand opportunities to experience these amazing expressions of ElĂ©ctrico beyond BCB at nearby Brooklyn bars and speakeasiesâ€ŠđŸ‘‰đŸŒ




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