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Agave Road Trip

Helping Gringo Bartenders Learn Agave Spirits

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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Produced by Lou Bank & Chava Periban

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Lou Bank

Lou Bank

Lou Bank has sold more copies of a single comic book than anyone else in America. He helped bring Pokemon to the masses, Star Wars to the cereal aisle, and Morimoto to the beer geeks. But you’re here because he founded SACRED, a USA-based, 501c3 not-for-profit that uses traditional and artisanal agave spirits from rural Mexico to help improve the quality of life in the communities where those spirits are made.

Salvador “Chava” Peribán

Salvador “Chava” Peribán

Salvador “Chava” Peribán develops strategies and processes to achieve sustainable, fair, and beautiful products, including agave spirits, tumblers, and adobe bricks. He has worked as director of R&D at Xaquixe, a Oaxaca-based glass-blowing studio, and as head distiller at Sombra, where he also helped reduce the distillery’s ecological footprint. He’s currently immersed in a yet-to-be-revealed agave project in Mexico City.

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Season # 2
Episode 136, Aired: March 30, 2023

We’ve had any number of conversations about what it means to pay a [email protected] fairly. But a better question is, once you know the fair price, how do you pay them? It’s a cross-border banking episode of Agave Road Trip! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip.com Agave Road Trip is...

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Season # 2
Episode 135, Aired: March 23, 2023

How many calories do you consume daily? How many do you consume through alcohol? Agave Road Trip’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Ryan Aycock, tells us about the philosophy, “I’d prefer to drink my calories.” And he tells us about all the reasons that is wrong. It’s another uplifting Cocktail MD...

Can Alcohol Warm the Body? Or Cool it Down?

Season # 2
Episode 134, Aired: March 16, 2023

Alcohol is nature’s great temperature regulator — it warms you up when you’re cold, and cools you down when you’re hot! Or … does it? Agave Road Trip’s Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Ryan Aycock, sets the record straight in this week’s episode! Find extra photos and related links at agaveroadtrip...

Can Drinking Snake-Venom Mezcal Kill You?

Season # 2
Episode 133, Aired: March 9, 2023

If drinking mezcal that has snake venom in it killed you right away, there’d be a lot of dead people on the floor of the mercados around Mexico. But … could it be doing damage you don’t see right away? Our Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. Ryan Aycock, the Cocktail MD, checks in for a check up in...

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Season # 2
Episode 132, Aired: March 2, 2023

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Can Mezcal Help You Sleep?

Season # 2
Episode 131, Aired: February 23, 2023

Having trouble sleeping, pal? Think twice before you reach for that bottle of mezcal. Or tequila. Or whiskey. Or whatever. It’s a nightcap episode of Agave Road Trip, featuring our Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr, Ryan Aycock, the Cocktail MD! And it’s way better at inducing sleep than alcohol is...

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