Sotol, anyone?

[Swedonia]

When I have asked at some local liquor outlets, they always say "Huh?"
Lo, and behold, there is a distillery in Driftwood. Wil grab a bottle when next in Abilene. Very nice Web site.

https://www.desertdoor.com/

 

[majormadmax]

That link's not working, but I worked with Brent Looby when he was still on active duty (a USMC F/A-18 pilot). He's a really good dude!

He spoke a lot of this business then, and I am glad to see it has been successful!

How a remote Texas distillery became a hot hangout

This Texas sotol brand was founded by three veterans during a business class at the University of Texas in Austin, and operates in the tiny town of Driftwood, Texas.

www.mysanantonio.com

 

[Swedonia]

Is It Down says their server is not working. It was up this morning. I am eager to buy their product.

 

[baboon]

That a new one for me as I have never had it.

 

[Swedonia]

Folks have been drinking it in this part of the world for at least 800 years, they say. In southern New Mexico, I worked with an archaeologist mapping and measuring Mescalero pit house footprints and we would occasionally come upon huge piles of fire-cracked rock, where they had roasted the sotol hearts to extract the syrup for making alcohol. They didn't distill it, of course, but this became a tradition in Chihuahua.

All About Sotol, Northern Mexico's Answer to Mezcal

Sotol can be treated like tequila for cocktails and enjoyed neat out of a bull's horn. But what is sotol, and what role has it played in Mexico's spirits traditions and culture? Thanks to a handful of passionate sotoleros, the smoky spirit is making a comeback.

www.foodandwine.com