‘Juarez in a bottle’: Mexican moonshine made with snakes resurfaces in US
When the US banned alcohol production and importation in 1920, spirits from Mexico began illegally crossing the border. Alongside mass quantities of tequila was the lesser-known sotol: a north Mexican moonshine with a similar flavor profile. “We exported 300,000 liters during prohibition,” said Ricardo Pico, of the Chihuahua-based distillery Sotol Clande, who has spent years studying the drink.
‘Juárez in a bottle’: Mexican moonshine made with snakes resurfaces in US
When the US banned alcohol production and importation in 1920, spirits from Mexico began illegally crossing the border.
Alongside mass quantities of tequila was the lesser-known sotol: a north Mexican moonshine with a similar flavor profile.