Nose: A big sniff and almost no burn. Strawberries galore. mount rainier cherries, lingonberry. Candy shop: a handful of jellybellies, laffy taffy, blue raspberry jolly ranchers, peach ring gummies. As my wife was a girlscout leader, I was obliged to buy and eat large quantities of lemonade girl scout cookies. A dad’s job is never done. Kind of wish they had done a lemonade hibiscus mashup special release.

Palate: An umami explosion of grape pop rocks and a burst of chocolate. Tomatoes, sweet hot peppers salsa made from habanero and tamarindo. Windowsill basil, mint, cilantro, cedar and sandalwood. Rosehip and an overwhelming lavender hammer. Lemonheads candy.

Rating: 7 / 10 – I love the intense uniqueness. It’s super sweet, but damn it, this couldn’t be a daily drinker. A quick google showed this is Agave Maximiliana.

Nose: Mangos. Manure and wet straw, earthy fermented bordering on rotten strawberries. My hiking boots post trail. Artichoke, conecuh sausage y rubber cement glue.

Palate: Peppery tomato juice with a dash of liquid smoke. Smoked artichoke hearts, zucchini, arugula, and the weird off-sweetness of papaya. What a delightful journey.

Rating: 7 / 10 – Agave Angustifolia (same family as Espadin). This would elevate ANYONE’s bloody mary.

Nose: Tar burps from my trips to La Brea as a kid. Bragg liquid aminos. sitting on the beach after a firework show only breathing through your mouth to avoid the burn. Green bell pepper. shares a lot of notes with octomore. The strangest comment, but the texture on this nose reminds me of a brick oven fired pizza with the bordering on burnt bottom crust and excess flour so it doesn’t stick to the oven.

Palate: I kissed an American bbq pit and Ryan liked it… a rag I wiped my hands on after working on my car. And a lick of bacitracin when sucking on a wound. A drop of honeysuckle on the finish. Slight notes of barn yard funk.

Rating: 4 (Shane) 6 (Ryan) / 10 – Double distilled in a tree-trunk still (higuera blanca wood) in April 2019. There isn’t too much character besides the smoke. While I wasn’t that into the smoke, Ryan enjoyed it.

Nose: Mashed turnips and white pepper. Fragrant tomato vines. Wet potting clay on the wheel, vero mango chili lollipop. Kumquat and reminiscent of Rochelt Quince. Roasted poblano peppers, jalapeños, jamon serrano and gumbo file.

Palate: Lightly dancing on the palate. Sweet hothouse cherry tomatoes, Micheladas. Old bay / gumbo aftertaste the next morning, lightly metallic with a krafts mac and cheese powder vibe.

6 (Shane) 7 (Ryan) / 10 – A lovely and complex nose paired with a light and fresh palate. Eau de agave, just lovely. Cornucopia of summer peppers and tomatoes fresh off the vine.