I feel like the title of this episode also serves as the description. Unless you don’t know what pulque is. So … pulque is a fermented beverage, and it’s made from the uncooked agave. Now you get it? Good. So dive into this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Agave Road Trip is a podcast that helps gringo bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. It’s hosted by Lou Bank and Chava Periban. 

Episode notes

I’m pretty sure Chava confused Mark Twain with his fictional character Tom Sawyer, because of that scene where Twain had Sawyer convincing kids to whitewash his fence. But maybe not. Ask him when you see him. Chava, not Twain. Or Sawyer.