The Agave Bros.

Eduardo, aka LALO Gonzales, joins us to talk about his families legacy with Don Julio Tequila, his grandfathers old brand! He tells us why he chose to produce only a blanco in LALO Tequila. What sets his brand apart from the pack and future plans for LALO Tequila! Visit https://finca18.com to tour Puerto Vallartas Agave Distillate Palenque! Find LALO at https://lalospirits.com/

We are kicking off season 2 with a very special guest, Pedro Camarena VI from Tequila Primo 1861. Primo is coming out of the great distillery of EL PANDILLO in Jesus Maria, Jalisco.

We sit down and talk to my buddy Greg from Mezcal for Life. A mezcal mercantile company that works with local artist to sell mezcal related goods. We talk agave SEEDS, not hijuelos, consumerism, it's affect on the agave culture, agave education, the past, present, future of mezcal politics. 

Had the pleasure of meeting Dennis at Viva when he came in to show us his Mezcal brand Xicaru. He explains what mezcal is, how Xicaru is produced, and where he sees mezcal and Xicaru in the future!

We sit down with Adam and speak about his Academy, the tequila matrix, and agave geek out! Theme song is produced by Alan Camarena aka Dj Godsick, much love hermano for the song! Check out his work on Spotify, and Instagram @djgodsick.

I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking to Jose Pablo Rodriguez, to inform us a bit more about the newly released tequila NOCK. Spoke with our local owner, Melissa Cole Smith as well! We talked about what the company means to them, and how they would like everyone to enjoy tequila and NOCK!

Nino , US Brand Ambassador for Ojo De Tigre Mezcal, joins us This Super Bowl Sunday to talk about her time as a bartender, her transition to working for Casa Lumbre, and explaining Mezcal Ojo De Tigres' agave Cultivation & Production.  Shot out to Zaydel at Casa Lumbre for setting us up! SALUD!!

We had the honor of having Jesse on the show and mi tia Maria Tequila! Jesse tells us about Ocho's unique agave terroir, cultivation, production process, Tequila Collecting, Vintages, NOMs, the future of Tequila Ocho, and much more! SALUD HERMANOS!

Glad to have you all back after a couple months! I deiced to do a Tequila 101 with Tanteo Tequila this episode. Since it was National Spicy Margarita day January 27th! We talk about the town of Juanacatlan, the Distillery, Tanteo, and the process they use to produce a SLEEPER blanco tequila! I MEAN SLEEPER YALL! Like my TIA MARIA TEQUILA SAYS, "SIP DONT SHOOT"

Gibran and I taste test El Tesoro De Don Felipe and Pasote, in their blanco forms.  We talk about our days off in the last two weeks.  Visiting Common House Ale Works in Park Circle, meeting Bradford & Pearce.  Fanboying Rebel Taqueria, and future plans for podcast. 

Gibrán and I talk about our favorite brands, blancos, repos, and añejos. Rants about the future of Tequila, and we give shots out to Jesse Estes from Tequila Ocho, Los Camarena from La Alteña Distillery (Don Carlos and Fany) Tequila Tapatío, Tequila El Tesoro, Tequila Cortado) and The International Tequila Academy's Adam Fodor.

I kick start this podcast with a small introduction of myself and the concept behind Agave Bros, what we're about and what we will be doing. Salud!