On this episode, we’re joined by tequila connoisseur David Suro. He’s founding father of the Tequila Interchange Mission, proprietor of the tequila model Siembra Azul and the proprietor of Tequilas, an upscale Mexican restaurant in Philadelphia. Suro discusses opening a Mexican restaurant in 1986 throughout a “catastrophic” time for tequila, why he vehemently dislikes cristalino, and his issues for the sustainability of agave progress and tradition. He additionally talks about his new guide, Agave Spirits: The Previous, Current, and Way forward for Mezcals, which you should purchase at this hyperlink: tinyurl.com/2c6cwcck — or by emailing him for a signed copy at davidgsuro@gmail.com.

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