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How to Drink Spirits Neat - S2E7
Episode 7
The margarita is almost certainly Mexico’s greatest ambassador. But how do you move from drinking cocktails to drinking neat spirits? We suggest one …
5 years, 10 months ago
15 Days to Distill - S2E6
Episode 6
Many men and women in rural Mexico started learning to make agave spirits when they were 10 or 11 years old, from their parents. Then some learned in…
5 years, 10 months ago
What’s Heritage, Anyway? - S2E5
Episode 5
The traditional methods of making agave spirits in Yutanduchi de Guerrero, in Oaxaca’s Mixteca region, go back to … the late 1990s? So what does “her…
5 years, 10 months ago
No Tequila is Mezcal - S2E4
Episode 4
Maybe someone told you that all tequila is mezcal but not all mezcal is tequila. Hell, maybe you read it in the New York Times, USAToday, the Daily M…
5 years, 10 months ago
Gringo Guero - S2E3
Episode 3
Some folks are wondering what we mean when we say “gringo.” Here’s the deal….
5 years, 11 months ago
The Arnold Palmer of Pulque - S2E2
Episode 2
Before there was mezcal, there was pulque: the undistilled, fermented sap of the uncooked agave. If you’ve never had it, you’ll want to go find it af…
5 years, 11 months ago
What's in My Tequila? - S2E1
Episode 1
Some tequila bottles say they're 100% blue agave. Others don't. So ... what exactly is in those bottles? Lou and Chava speak with David Suro of Siemb…
5 years, 11 months ago
Perlas Before Swine - S1E9
Episode 9
Dr. Roberto Zenit is a highly regarded professor at Brown University. Nonetheless, he speaks with us about his recently released study of las perlas,…
6 years ago
Hasta Pronto! - S1E8
Episode 8
The season wrap includes Tecate I.V. drips, bartender super powers, and the value of time in rural Mexico.
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6 years, 2 months ago
Oh, Wood You? - S1E7
Episode 7
To age or not to age, that is the question. And Lou and Chava attempt to answer it, along with mezcalero Mariano Vazquez. They also talk the proper m…
6 years, 2 months ago