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Agave Road Trip

Heritage Radio Network

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 258

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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🇨🇦 Canada - placesAndTravel
16/05/2025
#77
🇬🇧 Great Britain - placesAndTravel
10/04/2025
#85
🇨🇦 Canada - placesAndTravel
22/09/2024
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - placesAndTravel
08/09/2024
#84

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http://simplecast.com/
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https://agaveroadtrip.com/
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http://heritageradionetwork.org/donate
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https://www.instagram.com/seynasecreto
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https://www.instagram.com/tacoliteracy
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https://www.instagram.com/khrys_maxwell
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https://www.facebook.com/MezcalSoloDios/
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https://www.facebook.com/nava.tomas/
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/mezcalsociety
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Does the Tequila in Your Margarita Matter?

Season 4 · Episode 59

Thursday, September 5, 2024 • Duration 27:42

I saw a number of posts online suggesting that, if you’re making a Margarita, it doesn’t matter what Tequila you use – it pretty much tastes the same. Linda and I decided to put that to the test with a jury of nine tasters. What’s the verdict? To find out you’ll have to listen to 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 special guest Linda Sullivan of seynasecreto.

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The Politics of Mezcal

Season 4 · Episode 58

Thursday, August 29, 2024 • Duration 41:09

Not everybody who drinks Mezcal is politically liberal. Not everyone carrying a copita in their pocket is a Democrat. Not all of the folks traveling to rural Mexico lean left. In fact, probably most of the mezcalerxs themselves tend to be more conservative. In this politically hot season, it’s maybe a good idea to consider that the person across the bar from you maybe loves Mezcal as much as you do, but doesn’t have the same political beliefs as you. It’s an all-purple episode of Agave Road Trip!

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When Did Tequila Stop Being Fun?

Season 4 · Episode 49

Thursday, June 27, 2024 • Duration 22:19

It’s all in the eye of the beholder, I know. But when I think about what Tequila was back in the ‘80s and ‘90s … it was a catalyst for fun. I had a coworker who thought “tequila” was Spanish for “dancing on tables.” And I still see that, though mainly in Mexico. Here in the USA, it’s become so serious. Or maybe I just don’t go to the right places or hang out with the right people. But I’m left wondering … when did Tequila stop being fun? When did they add Tequila Académico to the Norma? We’re taking shots in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Your Perfect Thanksgiving in Mexico City!

Season 2 · Episode 110

Thursday, September 29, 2022 • Duration 19:49

In November 2021, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Mexico City! It was great fun, but we learned a lot of lessons on the way. If you want to celebrate this traditional USA holiday south of the border, give this episode a listen and start making plans! It’s a fully stuffed episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Babies or Booze? Agaves Can’t Make Both… or Can They?

Season 2 · Episode 109

Thursday, September 22, 2022 • Duration 20:02

All alcohol starts life as sugar, and the sugars used to make agave spirits like mezcal and tequila come from … agave! But the energy source that becomes sugar is also what powers the agave’s ability to reproduce. So if you allow the agave to reproduce, you’re also burning up the sugars you need to make alcohol. It’s a pick-your-poison episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Tequila and the Myth of the Low-Glycemic Index

Season 2 · Episode 108

Thursday, September 15, 2022 • Duration 21:57

There’s this idea that, somehow, tequila and mezcal are healthier to drink because sugar from agave has a lower glycemic index than other sugars. Our medical correspondent Dr. Ryan Aycock, the Cocktail MD, punctures a hole in that idea — and also cautions that, if that idea had been drinking shochu before he made that hole, the idea will bleed more profusely. All that and more in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Is the Mezcal Worm Cultural Heritage or Crass Marketing?

Season 2 · Episode 107

Thursday, September 8, 2022 • Duration 23:44

If you believe the mezcal geeks, no self-respecting mezcalero would ever adulterate their multi-generational spirits with gusanos or scorpions or any critter of any kind. But I tend to believe history over geeks, and history tells a different story. We share that story in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Mezcal Cristalino: Threat or Menace?

Season 2 · Episode 106

Thursday, September 1, 2022 • Duration 26:09

When Maluma announced he was releasing a cristalino mezcal, a corner of the world went nuts: tens of thousands of his fans, excited to try it, and hundreds of mezcal geeks, outraged over a perceived attack on Mexico’s cultural heritage. Meanwhile, most of the world went about their day. It’s a keep-calm-and-carry-on episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Does Bottling Mezcal and Tequila in Mexico Save Jobs?

Season 2 · Episode 105

Thursday, August 25, 2022 • Duration 22:52

Back in 2004, the USA imported over $400 million worth of tequila. Approximately 73 percent of that was tequila in bulk form. So when the Mexican government suggested they were going to change the rules such that tequila had to be bottled in Mexico … well, US companies went to bat to protect their multi-million-dollar bottling factories. And they succeeded! Or did they? And should they have? We release our bottled up frustrations in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Is Mezcal Pechuga Cultural Heritage or Crass Marketing?

Season 2 · Episode 104

Thursday, August 18, 2022 • Duration 25:05

One of the things you hear over and over is that pechuga – the mezcal made (often) by adding raw chicken (or turkey or venison or name-your-protein) – is a special spirit made for celebrations. But then you see novelty pechugas, made with bacon or al pastor. So what’s the truth about pechuga? It’s a chicken-or-the-egg episode of Agave Road Trip! The cover for this week’s episode is provided by Eisner Award-winning designer Mark Cox!

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