To make alcohol, you need sugar. And for an agave to make flowers and seeds — for it to reproduce — it also needs sugar. So you need to decide, do you let the plant go to flower? Or do you use it to make alcohol? Or … do you need to decide? It’s a reality-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 Linda Sullivan of seynasecreto and wisdom from mezcalera Natalia Sanchez Bustamante.
Shout outs this episode to Oaxacan speakeasy Hembra, Marco Ochoa of Mezcouting, Sylvia Philion of Mezcaloteca, and Enrique Martinez of Metsal!