Blogpost – Elixir of the Gods

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

S5.C7: The Wrap Up with Esteban Garibi

It’s a wrap. On the drive back to Guadalajara, Esteban, Cate and Diego reflect on their journey and all the places they visited, but didn’t have the opportunity to record.

Sun Set — La Plaza del Amor El Tuito Jalisco

Cate and Agave Valenciana — La Plaza del Amor El Tuito Jalisco

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

S5.C6: Lobo

El Lobo is a legend. Soft spoken, much like his products, he uses a philosophical approach to create unique flavors. You will always immediately know a Lobo expression when you try one.

Story time with El Lobo Mascota Jalisco Lobo de la Sierra and Puntas

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

Unlike most other maestros in this season, Benito’s family doesn’t have a long tradition of distilling. His scientific approach, love for the plants, and approach to leadership, however, make him a rising star. His products are exciting and innovative.

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

Interview with Bear Radio

Julia over at Bear Radio did an interview with us about the podcast and especially season 5. Worth a read while we are finalizing the second half of the season.

Introduce yourself to Elixir of the Gods

December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

S3.C6: The world of Sotol – with Isaac Montes and Sergio Gonzalez, part 2

The second part of our conversation. If you missed part 1, you can find it here.

We also would like to thank Claas von Zombory who kindly provided us with samples of Flor del Desierto Sotol.

Harvest

Get in touch with Isaac from Casa Montes

Instagram – @sotolcasamontes

Facebook – @sotolcasamontes

Get in touch with Sergio from Flor del Desierto

Instagram – @sotolflordeldesierto

Facebook – @sotolflordeldesierto

Twitter – @sotolflor

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March 3, 2020

S2.C10: Finale, Craft Spirits Berlin, Bars: Auroom – with Alex Wimmer

This is a short one. And the last one for a little while. We are recapping Season 2 , which has brought us some outstanding conversations with giants of the Agave world. Thanks again to all our guests and to you for listening and giving us feedback!

For Season 3 we will try to keep up the quality and we are looking forward to it (we hope that some of the ideas we have hatched already will become a reality… )

For those of you who are in Berlin, you can meet Diego at the Craft Spirits Berlin convention March 7 & 8.

But stop! Before turning your device off, please enjoy the interview with Alex from Auroom in Munich. He is a listener of the first hour and you will experience his love for Agave in our interview. Every time Albert visits Auroom, it feels more like a Mezcaleria, as the Agave expressions are taking over. But nonetheless you will also find excellent cocktails there too. Unfortunately we did the interview back in July 2019 before his trip to Oaxaca – so we might have him as a guest in the 3rd season as well so he can share these experiences with us as well.

Please also check out our Map of Bars and feel free to contribute.

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February 21, 2020March 3, 2020

S2.C9: Bartender Work Program – with Cate Czerwinski

In this chapter we are joined by Cate, a tequila nerd and wonderful conversation partner. She gave us some insight into her experiences at the Fortaleza bartender program last year – a trip that let her experience the hard work, craftsmanship and arts of creating Agave spirits first hand. (If you want to learn more about Fortaleza, you can listen to our episode with Don Guillermo here.) She also shared some amazing spirits from her personal collection with us, one of them a “dusty bottle” of Herradura which gave Diego some serious goosebumps. Enjoy!

Photos from the recording:

Diego, Albert, Cate & our silent contributors

Photos from Cate’s trip:

Explore further:

Fact checks:

Fortaleza uses their own family yeast and no accelerators
Herradura was purchased by Brown-Forman Corporation in 2007
El Tesero: “Don Felipe” is Carlos, Lily, Jenny, and Felipe’s grandfather, not father. Theirs Dad’s name was also Felipe, but he wasn’t “Don Felipe”.

Not mentioned on the Show:

El Tesoro (the brand) was purchased by Beam a few years ago, but all El Tesoro is still made my Carlos at La Altena (Nom 1139)
Agave and Mezcal business women of Jalisco

Reach out:

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

S2.C8: Join a guided tour of Oaxaca – with Fernando Bolaños

Albert, Fernando & Diego (and some Oaxacan spirits)

Fernando – co-owner of our Berlin’s most favorite Mezcal bar “La Tentación” – has planned a spectacular trip to his birthplace Oaxaca from September 1st to September 10th 2020. When we read about it, we wanted to create some more awareness of this tour to our listeners and asked Fernando if he can walk us through the schedule. So we could learn more about the Mecca of Mezcal and you can decide if you want to join this trip. You can contact Fernando directly ( fernando@tentacionmezcalothek.de )

La Tentanción:

https://www.facebook.com/tentacionbeer/
http://www.tentacionmezcalothek.de/
https://www.instagram.com/tentacion_de/

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Schedule:

Tuesday, September 1^st

15:00 – 17:00 Oaxacan Buffet
18:00 – 21:00 Mezcal tasting at In Situ
21:30 – 22:30 Tacos for dinner!

Wednesday, September 2^nd

07:00 – 14:00 (3. Sep)Visit to Paranubes (Oaxacan Rum and prizewinning as the product of the year at the BCB)

Thursday, September 3^rd

15:00 – 16:30 Traditional food at the Hotel
09:30 – 22:30 Oaxacan Craft Beer & Mezcal tasting + Dinner + Surprise

Friday, September 4^th

08:00 – 09:30 Traditional oaxacan breakfast at the hotel
10:30 – 14:00 Hierve el agua + Mitla
15:00 – 17:30 Palenque Gracias a Dios (Mezcal & oaxacan gin) + Traditional food
19:30 – 22:30 Mexican cantina + dinner

Saturday, September 5^th

07:00 – 08:00 Traditional Breakfast at the Hotel
11:00 – 16:00 Visit to a Miahuatlan Palenque + Mezcal tasting + Food
18:00 – 19:59 Mezcal tasting at Neta
20:00 – 22:00 Tacos for dinner

Sunday, September 6^th

09:00 – 10:00 Traditional Breakfast at the hotel
11:00 – 15:00 Visit to Teotitlan del Valle + Tlacolula Market + Food at the market
16:00 – 18:00 Santo Domingo Museum
19:00 – 22:00 Slow food dinner + Mezcales at La Biznaga

Monday, September 7^th

07:30 – 08:30 Traditional Breakfast at the hotel
11:00 – 15:00 Visit to Real Minero & Proyecto LAM
15:30 – 16:30 Traditional food at Conchita
17:00 – 19:00 Mezcal tasting at Ocotlan with Mr. Santaella
20:00 – 22:00 Mezcal tasting at La Mezcaloteca
22:30 – 23:30 Tlayudas for dinner

Tuesday, September 8^th

09:00 – 10:30 Tacos de guisado at La Abuela
11:30 – 16:00 Cooking class + visit to the market by Rodolfo Castellanos (Mexico’s Top Chef 2016)
16:01 – 18:01 Cocktail class
18:01 – 23:59 Day off so you can do some tourism at the city center

Wednesday, September 9th

07:00 – 08:00 Traditional Breakfast at the hotel
09:30 – 14:00 Monte Alban
15:00 – 16:00 Nieves (Oaxacan Ice cream) at La soledad Church
16:30 – 17:30 Traditional food at the Pasillo de Humo
18:00 – 19:00 Aguas de Casilda
19:01 – 23:59 Day off (With some recommendations)

Thursday, September 10^th

08:30 – 09:30 Traditional Breakfast at the hotel
11:00 – 15:00 Visit to “Los Danzantes” palenque + Mezcal tasting + Food(To be confirmed)
15:01 – 16:01 Last toast of the trip

January 19, 2020January 24, 2020

S2.C7: Bars: “Crazy Pedro’s” with Adam Wilson

This bar episode takes us to Manchester. Already in July 2019 and only equipped with a tiny microphone (so please excuse the sound quality) Albert met with Adam to discuss the love for Agave based spirits in Northern England. Crazy Pedro´s mixes Pizza and Agave, so it is not a classical Mezcaleria, however their range of spirits is excellent. No matter if you like your spirits in pure form or in a cocktail, Crazy Pedro’s can fix you up in three locations. We have marked all of them in our custom map for you.

Get in touch with “Crazy Pedro’s:”

https://crazypedros.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/CrazyPedros/
https://www.instagram.com/crazypedros/
https://twitter.com/CrazyPedros/

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January 11, 2020January 11, 2020

S2.C6: Bars: “The Barking Dog” with Carl Wrangel

Carl and Albert took a walk through Berlin to talk about our favourite topic! A couple of days before Carl made an experiment in Berlin’s La Tentancion Mezcaleria where he served the same drink three times, but each time with a different Agave spirit, showing how little details can make a big impact. Albert wanted to know more about his approach towards mixing spirits that are not predictable and about his history with Tequila and Mezcal.