El Buho Mezcal - The El Buho Mezcal brand, founded in 2010 by Brooklyn-based chef TJ Steele, has been exclusively produced by the Jimenez Mendez family, 5th-generation mezcaleros, in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico. They started with only three copper pot stills in their home to produce mezcal but now have four discrete, artisanal mezcal factories. The recipes, attention to detail, and tradition have not changed.