Que Penca is a podcast about all things mezcal. Hosts Fred Sanchez, owner of Cultura Maguey Importing and Chuey Jimenez, founder of the PNW Agave Club, debate anything worth debating over when it comes to the widely popular smoked agave spirit, whether they're swapping bottle recs or sharing deep insight from their professional experiences with mezcal.
Que Penca?!
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Que Penca is a podcast about all things mezcal. Hosts Fred Sanchez, owner of Cultura Maguey Importing and Chuey Jimenez, founder of the PNW Agave Club, debate anything worth debating over when it comes to the widely popular smoked agave spirit, whether they're swapping bottle recs or sharing deep insight from their professional experiences with mezcal.
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1/1/1970
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Recent Episodes
June 18, 2026
What we learned from a week with mezcal producers in Oaxaca
<p>Chuey and Fred reflect on their time in Oaxaca, looking back on their trip to reflect on the importance of mezcal certification and recognizing how different producers' opinions vary drastically depending on their lived experiences. Through discussions around tradition, sustainability, and mezcal's future, they share what listeners can likely expect to hear on future episodes of Que Penca.</p>
June 3, 2026
Are we over-romanticizing the maestro mezcalero?
<p>In this episode, Chuey, Fred, and <strong>Adriana Correa</strong>, of Cuish and Agua del Sol talk about the deep importance of the maestro mezcalero as more than a distiller but also as a steward of culture and tradition. And further, we examine the westernization of this figure as a "someone worth saving" — In other words, the savior complex that remains in U.S. culture years past the era of colonization. We also talk producer mentions on the bottle. Yeah, you'll want to pour yourself a glass of something nice for this episode.</p>
May 21, 2026
Can you taste the difference between commercial and authentic mezcal?
<p>In the second season of Que Penca in Oaxaca, we sat down with 7th generation mezcalero Asis Cortez, who makes the argument that there is a clear distinction between authentic mezcal and commercial mezcal. Filmed from the family-run palenque, Cortez shares his perspective on the global rise of mezcal and how it positively and negatively affected the local market, from the theft of agave plants from their own farm to the need to shift the focus of mezcal production from the "who" of mezcal making, rather than the specifications of each bottle. And, of course, Que Penca's signature "What Am I Drinking?" is supplemented by a bottle provided by Cortes.</p>
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