Aromatic Compounds in Mezcal - Gas Chrom Mass Spec

We start to dive into how mezcal ages and which mezcal ages best.

Lalo Angeles sheds some light on the karwinskii of Minas

Shea Comfort talks to us about Fermentation, Durian Fruits, and Location Specific Microbial Influence on Wine Barrel Wood among other things.

Luis Loya of Lamata talks with us about Agave asperrima

We interview Dr. Joaliné Pardo Nuñez about an experiment she is helping to conduct concerning mezcal producers perception of the flavors in mezcal.

We talk about the Agave species within the Tobalá Complex and the common names used to refer to them.

We continue to bother fruit flies with questions about their pallets. They are starting to get annoyed.

We continue to try to decipher fruit fly's mezcal preferences. 

We talk with Dr. Jorge Nieto Sotelo about his recent study that sheds some light on the genetic origins of Agave tequilana, Espadín and other species and varieties. 

Borrachitos: Those little flies in your copita; what can they tell us?

Did you know there may be thousands of Traditional Mezcal producers in Jalisco? In this episode we talk with Pedro Jimenez Gurría of Mezonte and Pare de Surfir about his projects and about the diverse mezcales of Jalisco. 

In this episode with talk with Silvia Philion of Mezcaloteca to discuss her thinking behind the recent decision to remove essential information from the labels. We also discuss what happens when mezcal becomes more about business and less about tradition, and a quickly changing Oaxaca. 

In this episode we talk agave karwinskii in Miahuatlan, Oaxaca with Max Rosenstock of Neta Spirits.

We talk about our new map with 16 Oaxacan mezcal regions and common and scientific agave names.

All about the different types of mezcal distillation found in Oaxaca, Mexico.

A quick but detailed introduction to mezcal.