Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Technically speaking, any agave spirit is a mezcal, the original agave spirit of Mexico that is thousands of years old, says Mike Moreno, Jr., owner of Moreno's Liquors in Chicago, Ill., a store with ...

Mezcal—derived from the Nahuatl word for “oven-cooked agave plant,” mexcalmetl—is defined as any agave-based liquor (including other popular spirits like raicilla and sotol). Most Americans know ...

One expert breaks down the differences and similarities between mezcal and tequila and shares the best uses for each Mexican spirit. Mezcal and tequila are both popular Mexican spirits, but the ...

Rapidly growing in popularity, it seems tequila has once and for all shaken its '80s image as something drunk solely by ...

Anyone who loves tequila has probably also heard of its close cousin, mezcal. But a common mistake is thinking the two are the same. They're not! Yes, there are some similarities between the two ...

As typical crop yields shrink in the face of drought, growing and distilling agave may be a sustainable solution ...

Thanks to this agave, given the scientific name of “sanpedroensis” because it was found along the San Pedro River, it is known that the Hohokam culture (800-1450 AD) knew how to domesticate plants ...

With certain types of sugar and honey being off-limits to most vegans, it can be difficult to find an animal-free sweetener to swap in recipes and add to beverages. Enter: agave. This plant-based ...