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Liquid nitrogen cocktails! What could possibly go wrong? (Cocktail MD special)
Episode 65
Liquid nitrogen and dry ice can add some serious Instagram cache to your cocktail … but can also cause some serious trouble. Agave Road Trip medical …
4 years, 9 months ago
Everyone Talks about Mezcal, but No One Drinks It
Episode 64
Yeah, okay, that title is intentionally misleading. I mean, everyone hasn’t heard of it — if they had, we wouldn’t continue to see articles explainin…
4 years, 9 months ago
I Brought it Back from Mexico! Can I Serve it in My Bar?
Episode 63
You went down to Mexico on some brand trip. But you managed to break away for a day and visit some independent agave spirits producers. You listened …
4 years, 9 months ago
A Paloma to Die For? A “Cocktail MD” Special
Episode 62
Ryan Aycock is an emergency-room physician who attended bartending school at the same time he attended medical school — because, you know, it’s alway…
4 years, 10 months ago
Tequila Sunrise and Mexican Moonshine
Episode 61
There’s this thing called a Denomination of Origin. The premise is, “Hey, we’ve got this special product we make here. You can maybe make something l…
4 years, 10 months ago
Better Soil makes Better Mezcal
Episode 60
When you think about terroir, you think about a place. But that place is made up of soil, and that soil informs the plants that grow in it. So what d…
4 years, 10 months ago
All Tequila used to be Mezcal, but now Mezcal is becoming Tequila
Episode 59
Over the last few months there have been a flurry of stories in the news that basically boil down to “celebrities are destroying Mexico by starting t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Chava's Hair Malfunction
Episode 58
Due to a hair malfunction, this week’s regularly scheduled episode of Agave Road Trip has been bumped to next week. So what will you do in the meanti…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mezcal on Ice? Hey. that's Nice!
Episode 57
I think I prefer mezcal at room temperature. I mean, I’ve had it cold and didn’t find it as complex as room temp, which actually helped me get into i…
4 years, 11 months ago
It's All About the Water
Episode 56
We argue a lot about which element in the production of agave spirits contributes most to the flavor of that spirit: the agave itself; where that aga…
4 years, 11 months ago