The Cocktail College Podcast: Mezcal’s Untold Past, Soaring Present, and Fragile Future: Part 3

In the final chapter of our three-part mezcal documentary, we turn our focus to the present and future of the category. Visiting the progressive palenque Lalocura and speaking with its founder, Eduardo Ángeles Carreno, a.k.a. Lalo, we explore how industrialization, monoculture, and loose regulations threaten mezcal’s roots.

We also learn how traditional producers are fighting back — and what that means for your next bottle. With insight from Lalo, our travel companion Ivan Vazquez, and voices across Oaxaca, we ask: Can mezcal stay true to itself as it conquers the world? And where — if anywhere — do cocktails fit into that future? Tune in for more.

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