Source: Atlas Obscura
If you visit La Revolución, a restaurant on Mexico’s Baja peninsula, you’ll likely notice the large jar on the bar with a diamondback rattlesnake inside. That is Venom Sotol.
Sotol has a history dating back hundreds of years. When the Spanish introduced liquor stills to Mexico, ranchers started making spirits in addition to their traditional fermented beverages.
With more than 200 species of agave in the country, the production of agave-based tequila and mezcal blossomed. Around the same time, in the northern states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango, the sotol…The post Venom Sotol appeared first on FeedBox.