Weber Ranch Vodka, made from 100% Blue Weber agave, has been added to the Additive Free Aliance list ... [+] of products. The debate about additives in agave spirits has been going on for a while.

For customers who’d like a sweeter beverage, he offers to mix in a little agave. The couple began making mead together in 2022 and got a Pennsylvania winery license (allowing them to serve any ...

Recently, we took a friend who had never tried mead to Superstition Downtown, the local outpost of Superstition Meadery. She was unfamiliar with the beverage, which is fermented honey mixed with ...

Now some farmers are betting big on what they believe could be part of the solution: agave. The pointy succulents have a deep, rich history in Mexico, where they’re cultivated and distilled into ...

Waikulu Distillery owner Paul Turner stands in a Makawao field of blue agave plants Wednesday morning while describing the process of farming and distilling his premium agave spirit on Maui.

The hills of Jalisco are home to people who have devoted their lives to producing Mexico’s agave-based spirits. For centuries, they’ve cut away the agave plant’s long leaves, harvested the ...

In a cocktail shaker, combine a large handful of ice, mezcal, passion fruit purée, Cointreau, lime juice and agave. Shake until icy. Pour, with the ice, into the prepared glass.

Agave, made from cooking the sap of a succulent, tastes sweeter than sugar and may be a good sweetener for vegans. Agave is a genus that is part of the Asparagaceae family. The succulent is native ...

That has led some farmers to seek out less-thirsty crops — like agave. The succulent has long been grown in Mexico and is the key ingredient in making tequila and mezcal. Agave, though ...

Could this be the right crop at the right time?’” Stuart Woollf of Woolf Farming shows off some of the agave plants the company has planted on about 340 acres of land near Huron. Photographed ...