Albert – Page 3 – Elixir of the Gods

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.

Reach out:

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.

You can find “The Barking Dog” and other great European bars on this custom map:

The Barking Dog on Social Media:
https://twitter.com/BarkingDogCPH
http://facebook.com/barkingdogcph
thebarkingdog.dk

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December 26, 2019January 19, 2020

S2.C5: The Ambassadors – with Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada

Albert, Diego, Cristian and Roberto during a busy BCB

Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada are Italian Mezcal legends. Roberto is the owner of Jerry Thomas Speakeasy and Cristian Bugiada is a partner of Freni e Frizioni. Together they created La Punta Expendio de Agave in Rome, which is a Mezcaleria, only dedicated to Agave spirits and offers more than 600 expressions.

Their passion for Agave did not go unnoticed by Mexico’s official regulatory board for Mezcal (CONSECO REGULATOR DE MEZCAL or CRM ) and it officially declared them “Mezcal Ambassadors”, an honor which at the time of our interview only five people outside of America have received.

We took the chance to speak to Roberto and Cristian during BCB. We dug deeper into their passion for everything Maguey, their other projects and the connection they feel – as Italians – to Mexico. Our interview with them also starts our long announced series of European bar recommendations.
We had to do this interview in a noisy environment, please excuse the not so optimal sound quality

You can find our evolving European Map of Mezcal bars here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ld6xDBs1V40TuyybiTJpGy3_JwUNOOlm&usp=sharing

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with your recommendations.

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December 25, 2019December 26, 2019

A map of bars (work in progress)

During our adventures we had the joy to speak with other Agave enthusiasts around Europe, and some of them either run their own bar or know good places in Europe where you can find an excellent selection of good spirits.

We will publish these chapters in the coming weeks and here is already a preparation.
We think this list/map can grow slowly into a compendium to help you find your Agave fix in Europe, but of course it doesn’t have the intention to be complete.

However, if you encounter a worthy candidate during your own adventures, please reach out to us so we can add it to the map:

Mail: elixirofthegodspodcast@gmail.om
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November 22, 2019December 25, 2019

S2.C4: Tequila – with Don Guillermo Erickson Sauza from Fortaleza

We took advantage of BCB to speak to Don Guillermo Erickson Sauza, an absolute legend in the industry. Of course we talked about his brand “Fortaleza” but the conversation went deeper into family and why Guillermo’s heart is in Mexico.

Diego, Albert and Don Guillermo at the “Cantina Mexico” BCB booth

The Fortaleza products from left to right with the individual images from the farms

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

S2.C3: Mezcal & Tequila – with Sergio Mendoza from Derrumbes and Don Fulano

Our guest Sergio “Cache” Mendoza takes us to Mexico with his poetic words and his passion. In a conversation respectful to the brothers Tequila and Mezcal we also learned that there used to be five levels to describe the maturity of agave plants. Recorded at Bar Convent Berlin (please excuse the background noise).

Cache with Don Fulano and Derrumbes bottles

Cache and Esteban (his partner in Derrumbes, who was in our episode “The limitations of denominations”

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

S2.Bonus – BCB introduction

We went to BCB to meet with some very respected people in the Agave industry. This intro-episode is just a quick warm-up before we go deep. We were able to have conversations with Sergio “Cache” Mendoza (Don Fulano, Derrumbes), Don Guillermo Ericsson Sauza (Fortaleza) and from Rome’s famous “La Punta” Mezcaleria: Roberto Artusio and Cristian Bugiada (they are involved in many other things too).