The dirty, filthy world of Tequila and Mezcal
There was this video that my friends at Zignum released years ago that suggested that traditional Mezcal was not clean. That was contrasted recently in a conversation I had with master tequilero Felipe Camarena, who suggested that county water with all its chlorine and other chemicals wasn’t clean. And then maestro mezcalero Eduardo Angeles has a further take on what “clean” means. So what exactly does it mean in the process of making spirits? How much does it matter? Find out in the filthiest episode yet 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 guest Michael Schallau of is/was Brewing with wisdom from Felipe Camarena of G4 Tequila and Eduardo Angeles of Lalocura.
An American distiller in Mexico
First I’ll say, the title of this episode breaks one of my rules: I try not to refer to people from the USA as Americans. Not because they aren’t, but because Mexicans are Americans, too. And Canadians. And Guatemalans. Welcome to the Americas. So “American” lacks distinction in this context. But I traveled through Mexico with Yankee distiller Brian Rabon from Florida’s 30A Distilling Co. and he looks close enough to Gene Kelly and I’m a big enough George Gershwin fan that I figured I’d bend the rules here. So it’s a rule-bending 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 guest Brian Rabon of 30A Distilling Co.