Agave Road Trip

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“This brings us to the question of glass versus food-grade plastic, because both are used at José Alberto’s palenque, an...
08/20/2026

“This brings us to the question of glass versus food-grade plastic, because both are used at José Alberto’s palenque, and food-grade plastic is certainly used to store mezcal at every other palenque I’ve visited, and both are legitimate vessels for storing agave spirits.” That’s what Marcus Piña of Creador Spirits wrote in his online journal — and then he answered the question. We’ve talked a lot on this podcast about how agave spirits change when aged in glass. Marcus takes us beyond the claim to the details — as much as someone who is not a scientist can. It’s an episode of Agave Road Trip for the ages!

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 Marcus Piña of Creador Spirits.

Plastic and glass in the age of Mezcal
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/4-161-plastic-and-glass-in-the-age-of-mezcal

Marcus Piña
Creador Agave Spirits

Mezcal can get very confusing for the average consumer. You’ve got regular Mezcal, Mezcal Artesenal, and Mezcal Ancestra...
08/13/2026

Mezcal can get very confusing for the average consumer. You’ve got regular Mezcal, Mezcal Artesenal, and Mezcal Ancestral. And then there are variations among those, including Joven, Reposado, Anejo, abocado con, destilado con, and on and on. But this, it seems, is part of the heritage of Mezcal — at least according to a 1904 book titled Diccionario de Aztequismos o Sea Catalogo de las Palabras del Idioma Nahuatl, Azteca ó Mexicano, Introducidas al Idioma Castellano Bajo Diversas Formas. (That’s Dictionary of Aztecisms, or a Catalog of Words from the Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexican Language Introduced into the Spanish Language in Various Forms, and, yes, that is the longest title ever for a book.) In that book, there are ten categories of mezcal. Want to know what they are…?

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 Linda Sullivan‍ ‍of seynasecreto.

The ten categories of ancestral mezcal
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/4-160-ten-categories-of-ancestral-mezcal

Linda Anne
Linda & friends

Linda Anne worked while I played at this past weekend’s Copitas de Sol National Museum of Mexican Art ! Thanks to Manny ...
08/11/2026

Linda Anne worked while I played at this past weekend’s Copitas de Sol National Museum of Mexican Art ! Thanks to Manny for capturing the moment and to Jeppson's Malört for the Tequila-barrel-aged Malort!

08/06/2026

There was a time (about a week ago) when posting to social-media that you would only drink “additive-free” was a way to say, I know Tequila. Now it feels like “milled by tahona” is the new “additive-free.” And in the same way that the additive-free-signaling actually signaled the opposite to me, the tahona-signaling does, too. And we talk about why in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

There was a time (about a week ago) when posting to social-media that you would only drink “additive-free” was a way to ...
08/06/2026

There was a time (about a week ago) when posting to social-media that you would only drink “additive-free” was a way to say, I know Tequila. Now it feels like “milled by tahona” is the new “additive-free.” And in the same way that the additive-free-signaling actually signaled the opposite to me, the tahona-signaling does, too. And we talk about why in this 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 journalist Ted Genoways, author of Tequila Wars: Jose Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico.

A tahona doesn’t make your Tequila authentic
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/4-159-a-tahona-doesnt-make-your-Tequila-authentic-cove
Ted Genoways

“You just do it by the old way. It’s not difficult. It’s not fast, but it’s not difficult. If we make it fast, you have ...
07/30/2026

“You just do it by the old way. It’s not difficult. It’s not fast, but it’s not difficult. If we make it fast, you have to correct a lot of things. When you give the real time for a distillation, you get all the flavors. Give it the time, the real time that it needs to make it.” That’s Alvaro Fernandez, founder of El Acabo Raicilla and Asil Raicilla de la Sierra. We profile those brands — and talk about the Raicilla denomination of origin — in this episode of Agave Road Show!

Agave Road Show is an advertorial podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand specific brands of agave spirits. Sometimes other Mexican spirits. Really, whatever they pay us to profile. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Linda Sullivan of seynasecreto with tons of quotes from Alvaro Fernandez and Fausto Romero from Taberna Tres Gallos, makers of El Acabo Raicilla and Asil Raicilla de la Sierra!

The Raicilla episode featuring El Acabo and Asil
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/ars-s1e3-el-acabo

Linda Anne
Linda & friends
Taberna Tres Gallos🇲🇽
El Acabo Raicilla
Asil Raicilla
Fausto Romero
PKGD Group

Before science was invented, things were confusing. And, to be fair, for several decades into the birth of science, it w...
07/23/2026

Before science was invented, things were confusing. And, to be fair, for several decades into the birth of science, it was still confusing. Don’t believe us? Check out Scientific American magazines from the late 1800s — especially this one article about scientists tasting Mezcal and Tequila for the first time.

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 Linda Sullivan‍ ‍of seynasecreto.

Gasoline & electricity: The science of Mezcal
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/4-157-gasoline-and-electricity-the-science-of-mezcal

07/16/2026

Okay, for real, this episode is only vaguely about Raicilla. It’s a bit more about profound justifications — that’s a reference to a quote from my guest co-host, Shawn Miller of PKGD. He brings that quote up as we’re talking about the white paper PKGD released a few weeks ago. That white paper is what this episode is really about. But who would listen to an episode titled, “The one about Shawn’s white paper”?

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 Shawn Miller of PKGD Group.



The profound justification for Raicilla
https://agaveroadtrip.com/episodes/4-156-profound-justfication-for-raicilla

Okay, for real, this episode is only vaguely about Raicilla. It’s a bit more about profound justifications — that’s a re...
07/16/2026

Okay, for real, this episode is only vaguely about Raicilla. It’s a bit more about profound justifications — that’s a reference to a quote from my guest co-host, Shawn Miller of PKGD. He brings that quote up as we’re talking about the white paper PKGD released a few weeks ago. That white paper is what this episode is really about. But who would listen to an episode titled, “The one about Shawn’s white paper”?

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 Shawn Miller of PKGD Group.
Shawn M Miller
PKGD Group

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