It feels like for the past five or six years, I’ve been reading or hearing “Mezcal can be made from 30 or 40 kinds of agave.” And even Howard Scott Gentry suggested that there are some species of agave that can’t be used to make Mezcal. But I say, in fact, you can make spirits from any agave. Well, except dead agave.
Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest evolutionary biologist Daniel Moen.
Episode Notes
Shout outs this episode to Sergio Garnier and Mezcal Ultramundo, saponins, Fausto Romero and Asil and El Acabo Raicillas, Tacho Guzman, and Howard Scott Gentry.
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