{"product_id":"the-mezcal-rush-9781619028449","title":"The Mezcal Rush","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A rich, inclusive portrait of one of the world's great drinks.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMezcal. In recent years, the oldest spirit in the Americas has been reinvented as a pricy positional good popular among booze connoisseurs and the mixologists who use it as a cocktail ingredient. Unlike most high–end distillates, most small–batch mezcal is typically produced by and for subsistence farming communities, often under challenging conditions. As Granville Greene spends time with \u003ci\u003emaestros mezcaleros\u003c\/i\u003e, who distill their drinks using local agaves and production techniques honed through generations, mezcal becomes a spirit of contradictions—both a liquid language celebrating village identity and craftsmanship, and a luxury export undergoing a gold–rush–style surge. \u003ci\u003eThe Mezcal Rush\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complications that can arise when an artisanal product makes its way across borders.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62276390519171,"sku":"9781619028449","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781619028449.jpg?v=1785543625","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-mezcal-rush-9781619028449","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}