Agave Road Trip
230 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago -Agave Road Trip provides gringo bartenders with firsthand knowledge about heritage agave spirits from Mexico, including mezcal, raicilla, bacanora, and destilado de agave.
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The Effects of Alcohol and Your Shrinking Brain
May 12, 2022 11:59 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBMezcal is good for the soul. But what about the brain? And especially the developing brain? Dr. Ryan Aycock, the Cocktail MD, joins us for the scariest episode that Chava never wanted to record. Grab a glass of water for this sobering episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Image Courtesy of Carlos Palomares Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
How Many Dogs Can You Bring Back from Mexico?
May 05, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBMaguey mutts! Palenque pups! Fido de mezcal! We did an episode about how much mezcal you can bring back from Mexico -- now we talk about how to get a dog back! If you’ve ever fallen in love with a four-legged furry friend in rural Mexico … or even a three-legged furry friend … we give you here the lowdown on how to head home with the ultimate bounty our neighbors to the south have to offer! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
A Small Amount of Alcohol a Day May Make You Healthier?
April 28, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBFor years, I’ve heard that a glass of wine each day is good for you — makes you healthier, helps avoid heart problems. So will a bottle a day make you even healthier? We call in Dr. Ryan Aycock, Cocktail MD, to answer this question. Get set for the best health regimen ever in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
When You Capon the Quiote Do You Get Better Mezcal?
April 21, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThe capon’d agave — the agave that is harvested after it’s begun reproduction, after its quiote has been cut, after it’s been left to develop and change in the field, healing its wound — is considered a special, beautiful, romantic source for making an especially delicious agave spirit. But not by maestro vinatero El Lobo de la Sierra in Los Jacales, Jalisco. Lobo breaks Chava’s heart by busting the capon myth in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaver...
Travel Mexico -- You'll Love it to Death!
April 14, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe love Mexico! We love visiting, love eating the food, love drinking the drinks, love checking out the art! We love buying examples of all of these things and we love bringing those things back home to share with our friends, to encourage them to go love Mexico! But … are we loving it to death? We question our intentions and impact in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
And Sometimes, Even When It's Certified, It Still Ain't Mezcal
April 07, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBProfeco, the consumer-protection agency of the Mexican government, ran an analysis of 36 certified mezcal brands. They flagged a bunch of them for various violations, including the claim that Mezcal Gusano Rojo doesn’t even qualify as mezcal. What?! We drag out the dead horse that is the mezcal denomination of origin for another beating in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Can Mezcal be Medicine?
March 31, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBChava got a bug. After consulting the Ebers Papyrus and an appointment with Pliny the Elder, he chose a mezcal shot over a flu shot. Cocktail MD Dr. Ryan Aycock joins us to get Chava back on the mend and to answer the burning question: can mezcal actually be medicinal? Join us for a booster episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Are you a business owner? Become an HRN business member! For $500 HRN will shine a light on your work AND you will he...
Immature Agave Makes Better Mezcal
March 24, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThere’s a lot of moral outrage around the harvesting of agave that hasn’t yet reached maturity. But … when exactly is agave mature? By whose standards? And if the agave is getting harvested before it can produce seeds — which is always the case when you’re using the agave to make spirits — how is it a morals issue whether you harvest that agave a week before or a couple years before it reaches maturity? We light the fuse in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related link...
Super Sugar Tequila: Fortified with Four Essential Additives
March 17, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBHow sweet it is! Mexican regulations allow up to 1% of your tequila to be additives, the four most common being sugar-based syrup, glycerin, oak extract, and caramel coloring. Purists get outraged by this — it’s cheating! But we’re far more interested in what this means from a health standpoint. So we called in Agave Road Trip medical correspondent Dr. Ryan Aycock. Cocktail MD gives us the lowdown on tequila additives in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links a...
You Think Tequila is Better if you Pay More for It
March 10, 2022 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe Distilled Spirits Council of the United States released their 2020/2021 report and … good lord, you people are drinking a lot. But the real news here is, you’re also paying a lot more for what you drink. So does that mean you’re getting better tequila? Or just more expensive tequila? We dissect the numbers in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave R...
It Ain't Mezcal if it Ain't Certified
March 03, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBThere's a Denomination of Origin for mezcal -- has been since 1997. The Mexican government gets to decide what is and what isn't mezcal. So if the Mexican government doesn't recognize an agave spirit as "mezcal," should we? It's another rhetorical episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Tequila: The Perfect Hangover Cure (Cocktail MD Special)
February 24, 2022 05:54 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBJon Darby got Chava drunk. So we called in Dr. Ryan Aycock, Cocktail MD, to help the most popular Agave Road Trip cohost deal with the resulting hangover and learn methods for mitigating them in the future. Join us for the biggest headache of our series in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered...
Mallory O'Meara Drinks like a Woman
February 17, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBMallory O’Meara says you’re getting it wrong when you offer women fruity drinks. "It's the women who really are the ones who are so much closer to the process and usually so much better at being able to discern different flavors,” says the author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol. Join us for a conversation about gendered drinking in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Photo Courtesy of Mallory O'Meara Heritage Radi...
Is Texas Messing with Sotol?
February 10, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBWhen people talk about mezcal and related agave spirits, they'll often lump in sotol. But it's not made from agave. But it is made in Mexico. But it's also now being made in Texas. And that's causing some waves. Is Texas messing with sotol? We skip through that minefield in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Ro...
What Exactly is Artisanal about Artesenal Mezcal?
February 03, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIn 2020, 86% of all mezcal was classified as “artesenal.” Twelve percent was just straight-up “mezcal,” so … made in a more industrial way. And only 2% was classified as “ancestral.” So is “artesenal” as artisanal as the name suggests? And who knows what that word even means? Chava gets quizzed on the mezcal NOM in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave...
There's Mezcal for Geeks, and There's Mezcal that Sells
January 27, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBYou’re an agave geek. You bleed pulque. The stuff that tastes like blue cheese and jalapeños? Costs $150 a bottle? You love it. But that’s not what you’re moving. So we talk about what is going to sell to those customers in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
You Got Your Pulque in my Tepache
January 20, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBOkay, so ... not all agaves are created equal. Some have fewer sugars than others. Like Bruto. So they add pulque to start the fermentation. But, wait ... that pulque is also made from Bruto. So ... how does the pulque ferment? Chava freestyles his science-like ideas in a car in Miami to try to explain what's going on in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support...
Give That Juice Another Sniff....
January 13, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBDo you wash that fruit before you cut it? Add salt after juicing? Freeze it? And before you drink it, maybe give that juice a second sniff...? We're joined in this episode by Dr. Ryan Aycock, Cocktail MD, for the lowdown on bacteria and how it can sneak up on you either in a gringx bar or on the roadsides in rural Mexico! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a m...
The Perfect Recipe for Mezcal
January 06, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBAn ensamble mezcal is made from a number of different agaves — generally whatever has reached maturity at the same time. Or … is it? Maybe there’s a precise recipe that’s been handed down for generations? But how does that work within the confines of nature? We cook the cookbooks in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! ...
Puntas and Colas and the Heart of Distillation
December 30, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWhen I first started learning about heritage agave spirits, I misunderstood the labels that noted “puntas and colas.” I thought that meant that what was in the bottle was a blend of the heads and tails of a distillation — but in fact the heart of the distillation had been adjusted with the heads and tails. But, then … maybe I was wrong about being wrong? We look closely at the cuts in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio N...
The Many Different Flavors of Mezcal
December 23, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBFor decades we’ve seen flavor-wheels for wine, and more recently they’ve been appearing for mezcal. It makes sense, both in terms of market positioning and also trying to define the broad spectrum of different flavors you’ll find in mezcal and other agave spirits. But … what if banana tastes different to me than it does to you? The flavor training wheels come off in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listene...
Can You be Allergic to Mezcal?
December 16, 2021 14:51 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBYou want to drink mezcal, but it makes you itch … gives you a headache … turns you bright red. Are you allergic to mezcal? Is that even possible? Agave Road Trip medical correspondent Ryan Aycock, MD, MS, joins us for another Cocktail MD special that’s nothing to sneeze at! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Zero-proof, Non-alcoholic Mexican Cocktails
December 09, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBOne of the hundreds of trends in the world of drinks right now is the zero-proof, nonalcoholic cocktail. Which is what we used to call an iced tea north of the border and an agua fresca south of the border. And, yeah, I recognize that it’s not simply that. But it’s also that … and more! We talk Mexican terroir, traditional herbs, and delicious liquid flavors in this week’s episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a list...
Should Mezcaleros Sign Exclusive Contracts?
December 02, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBSometimes the palenquerx who made your mezcal is the brand owner. But that’s rare. Even being a part-owner is rare. Usually the producer is a free agent. And sometimes they are asked to sign contracts with the brand that is sourcing their mezcal — sometimes those contracts require exclusivity. Is that okay? We do a deep dive into the fine print in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Place your bid for our Virtual Agave Road Trip at heritageradionetwork.org/auction Find extra photos and rela...
The Best Gifts for the Biggest Mezcal Fans
November 23, 2021 13:46 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBNot gonna lie: Liquor.com has an article with a similar title to this week’s episode, and I know this because their source, Nacho Jimenez, suggested that one of the art prints offered by SACRED is among the best gifts you can get for mezcal lovers. And I know this because I suddenly got flooded with orders for that print. So I wanted to offer our take on the best gifts, to see if we could get the same kind of search-engine love. Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heri...
Liquid nitrogen cocktails! What could possibly go wrong? (Cocktail MD special)
November 18, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBLiquid nitrogen and dry ice can add some serious Instagram cache to your cocktail … but can also cause some serious trouble. Agave Road Trip medical correspondent Ryan Aycock, MD, MS, joins us for another Cocktail MD special that is sure to be a gut-buster! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Everyone Talks about Mezcal, but No One Drinks It
November 11, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBYeah, okay, that title is intentionally misleading. I mean, everyone hasn’t heard of it — if they had, we wouldn’t continue to see articles explaining how mezcal is “having a moment.” And clearly someone is drinking it. I mean, you are, right? But … how deeply has it penetrated drinks culture in the USA? Or in Mexico, for that matter? And how can you get more of your customers to drink it? We run the numbers in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroa...
I Brought it Back from Mexico! Can I Serve it in My Bar?
November 04, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBYou went down to Mexico on some brand trip. But you managed to break away for a day and visit some independent agave spirits producers. You listened to our episode, “How Much Can I Bring Back?,” and now you have 120 liters of heaven that you want to share with all the angels who visit your bar. So ... can you? It’s the Law & Order episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Su...
A Paloma to Die For? A “Cocktail MD” Special
October 28, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBRyan Aycock is an emergency-room physician who attended bartending school at the same time he attended medical school — because, you know, it’s always good to have a Plan B. The result is that Ryan is acutely aware of all the things that can go wrong in a bar. The things that can result in your guests winding up on a gurney in his emergency room. This episode of Agave Road Trip is the first in a series of regular appearances during which Ryan Aycock, the Agave Road Trip medical correspondent...
Tequila Sunrise and Mexican Moonshine
October 21, 2021 14:39 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThere’s this thing called a Denomination of Origin. The premise is, “Hey, we’ve got this special product we make here. You can maybe make something like it somewhere else, but what we are making here? It’s our cultural heritage. And we’re going to protect our cultural heritage.” So Champagne? That’s protected. Scotch? That, too. And Tequila. But is the Denomination of Origin protecting the cultural heritage? Or is it protecting an income stream? In this episode of Agave Road Trip, Chava and ...
Better Soil makes Better Mezcal
October 14, 2021 05:17 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWhen you think about terroir, you think about a place. But that place is made up of soil, and that soil informs the plants that grow in it. So what does that mean for agave? And what makes soil good, what makes it bad? And, ultimately, what does that mean for wild agave versus farmed agave? These questions and more in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Ag...
All Tequila used to be Mezcal, but now Mezcal is becoming Tequila
October 07, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOver the last few months there have been a flurry of stories in the news that basically boil down to “celebrities are destroying Mexico by starting tequila brands” and “gringos are destroying Mexico by drinking too much mezcal.” So Chava and I dig into those stories, argue about their relative veracity, and point out all the inaccuracies! It’s an “On the Media” episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supporte...
Chava's Hair Malfunction
September 30, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBDue to a hair malfunction, this week’s regularly scheduled episode of Agave Road Trip has been bumped to next week. So what will you do in the meantime? You'll have to listen to the shortest Agave Road Trip ever to find out! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Mezcal on Ice? Hey. that's Nice!
September 23, 2021 05:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBI think I prefer mezcal at room temperature. I mean, I’ve had it cold and didn’t find it as complex as room temp, which actually helped me get into it, in the beginning. But I’ve also had it out of the still and it was delicious, but … that had to have been at least warm, right? So what’s the right temperature to serve mezcal to your customers? We talk temp in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supp...
It's All About the Water
September 16, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWe argue a lot about which element in the production of agave spirits contributes most to the flavor of that spirit: the agave itself; where that agave was grown and what grew around it; the cooking process; the yeast that converts the sugar to alcohol, or the mezcalero who oversees the decisions throughout the process. But … when we’re drinking a 50% ABV mezcal it’s only half alcohol. The other half is water. Is that the answer? That water contributes the most to the flavor? We debate that ...
I Know Art When I Drink It
September 09, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBChava spends a lot of time talking with me about the differences in how artisans are treated than artists. But it’s usually while I’m driving 90mph on Mexican toll roads, so I just nod and watch for cars coming at me. In this episode of Agave Road Trip, he forces me to pay attention to the conversation … which also includes an interview with and music by maestro mezcalero Temo Garcia and the International Congress of Peanuts. Click here for more info on Lou and Chava's appearances at Tales ...
The Secret Origin of Mezcal
September 02, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBMezcal has been “having a moment” for at least fifteen years. The New York Times, Food & Wine, Thrillist … heck, even Better Homes & Gardens are writing breathlessly about “tequila’s smoky cousin.” But … how did that happen? When and why did mezcal become a *thing*? We reveal the secret origins of mezcal in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Click here for more info on Lou and Chava's appearances at Tales of the Cocktail. Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Episode Art...
How to Start Your Own Mezcal Brand
August 26, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIt seems like we get emails and calls on a monthly basis from someone looking to start their own mezcal brand. So here’s an episode of Agave Road Trip that helps point them in the right direction … and maybe helps gringo bartenders think about what they could ask that next brand representative who walks in offering “the best mezcal in the world.” Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave ...
You Can’t Judge a Mezcal by its Bottle
August 19, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBYour friend’s been to Oaxaca, came back with a plastic water bottle of a heritage agave spirit. The only label is your friend’s chicken-scrawl on a piece of green carpenter’s tape. And you love that bottle. So when you see a new mezcal come to market in a fancy bottle, you think, Well, that can’t be good. Or … can it? We talk packaging in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcas...
The Best Mezcal is the Most Highly Awarded Mezcal
August 12, 2021 11:11 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBWhat does it mean that this mezcal won double gold in San Francisco? What does it mean to you, to your bar, and to your customers? What does it *not* mean? We talk spirits competitions in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Welcome to Agave Road Trip
August 05, 2021 11:37 - 3 minutes - 3.26 MBIf you're just now joining Agave Road Trip - strap on in! Over the past year we've traveled far and wide throughout the world of agave spirits and we've got many more adventures planned! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
The Golden Age of Mezcal
August 05, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBYou’re amazed by how delicious mezcal is. It’s got your attention in a way that no other spirit does. And you think, Man, where was all this amazing stuff just five years ago? Well, it was there, in the rural Mexican communities where it’s made. And it still is. Want to know how to find it? Listen in to this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Celebrate HRN’s new look and invest in the future of food radio. Become a monthly sustaining donor ...
What is Going on with Bacanora?
July 29, 2021 14:03 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBMaybe you’ve heard of bacanora, that agave spirit from the north of Mexico. But you probably haven’t. Or if you have, you’ve maybe tried one or two. Maybe. And … why is that? In this episode of Agave Road Trip, we try to figure out why bacanora is the agave spirit that never seems to get its share of respect. Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Celebrate HRN’s new look and invest in the future of food radio. Become a monthly sustaining donor at heritageradionetwork.org...
Mezcal: The Pick-me-up Alcohol that Makes You Fertile but Doesn’t Cause a Hangover
July 22, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBBefore the director of the FDA shows up at my door with a warrant … the title of this episode, that’s sarcasm. But it’s all stuff we’ve heard from mezcal enthusiasts — and, to be fair, sometimes from the folks in Mexico who make these spirits. So is there any truth to these legends? Join us for a myth-busting episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Celebrate HRN’s new look and invest in the future of food radio. Become a monthly sustaining donor...
They Make Mezcal in California! Or Do They?
July 15, 2021 04:05 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBIs it cultural appropriation to make mezcal in California? Or whiskey in Mexico? It’s a throw-down episode of Agave Road Trip this week! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Celebrate HRN’s new look and invest in the future of food radio. Become a monthly sustaining donor at heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
Does Mezcal Change When Aged in Glass?
July 08, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBWhen you age alcohol in wood, it of course takes on the properties of the wood. But what about when you age it in glass? Some experts say no. But experts aren't always right.... We offer our take in the latest contentious episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! Agave Road Trip is Powered by Simplecast.
The Intersection Between Wine and Mezcal
July 01, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBWhen we think about spirits, we tend to think of a commodity alcohol that tastes the same from one batch to the next. And while that’s certainly true of many mezcals, there’s also a huge selection of bottles on the market that, like fine wines, have widely varying flavors that reflect a moment in time. So why hasn’t the wine world become obsessed with mezcal? We try to figure that out in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radi...
What Does It Mean, that My Mezcal is an Ensamble?
June 24, 2021 10:15 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBSometimes they’re called mezclas, sometimes they're called ensambles, and sometimes that “a” turns to an “e” for “ensemble.” Some geeks call them field blends, as if anyone is doing any blending in a field. What does it mean when you see these terms on your mezcal label? Find out in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Agave Road Trip by becoming a member! ...
There’s Something about Kendall Jenner in a Huipil
June 17, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBWhen Kendall Jenner released 818 Tequila, social-media caught fire. It seemed to make a bunch of bartenders mad. Then she appeared on Instagram wearing a huipil and the phrase “cultural appropriation” started to get thrown around. But … for years now, Chava has been begging me to wear one of those traditional Mexican garments. So if I had, would I have been appropriating that culture? In this episode of Agave Road Trip, Chava and I talk about celebrity tequila, cultural appropriation, and ho...
I've Got a Theory About Long-growth Agaves
June 10, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBThe agave has one mission in life: to reproduce. It spends its life generating the energy it needs to fulfill that mission. So ... does it tell us something when one agave takes significantly longer -- decades longer, even -- to reach maturity than another agave? I've got a theory about that, and I bother Chava with it in this week's episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network....