Agave Road Trip

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How to Welcome the Mezcal Curious

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With all the press, all the talk, all the social-media posts, there are always people looking to find out what this Mezcal thing is all about. So what’s the best way to introduce them to these spirits? It’s a welcome-to-the-newbies episode of Agave Road Trip!

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 co-host Linda Sullivan of seynasecreto.

Episode Notes

If you’re not here because you already heard the episode of “The BBC Food Programme” that included Agave Road Trip, you can click here to listen to it. And big thanks to Dan Saladino for the kind coverage!

Mezcal Manhattan recipe

Mezcal Margarita recipe

Oaxacan Old-Fashioned recipe

Interested in Dark Matter’s Vanilla Suburbs coffee? Find it here and find that episode of Agave Road Trip here.

Want to know more about vessels for drinking agave spirits? Click here. Want to know even more? Click here.

When in the Baltimore/DC area, make time to visit the beautiful, amazing Clavel.

I’m not sure how Linda came to her version of tasting agave spirits neat, but mine is entirely informed by Marco Ochoa, whose brand Gusto Historico is amazing!

Shout out to Eduardo Angeles of Lalocura!