Viva!

Happy Mexican Independence day! Just a reminder...drink only 100% de agave tequila. And come visit me for the best Naked Margarita you ever had.

Spit...Don't Swallow

Spit, Don't Swallow 2009

This can be true at some more hard core spirit tastings and certainly at a large wine tasting. Now it is true for beer production as well.

The NY Times did a funny (and horrifying) story about Dogfish Head brewer Sam Calagione. This mad genius decided to produce a small patch of authentic South American Chicha, a brew that uses chewed up blue corn, the saliva do the job of the converting the starch into sugar.

They apparently had a panel of experts help in the chewing. They had a very difficult time.

Notice: No women were involved at all in this process.

Chew it Up, Spit it Out
[NY Times]