Simonson2021 MT01 — Introduction

Simonson, Robert. Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails: Mixed Drinks for the Golden Age of Agave. Photographs by Lizzie Munro. 1st ed. California and New York: Ten Speed Press, 2021. E-book ISBN 9781984857750. Supplied 212-page PDF.

Simonson traces agave cocktails through Bermejo, Estes, Suro, Cooper and Olson, then Death & Co, PDT and Mayahuel. His account treats named bartenders and adaptable classic formulas as major routes by which American consumers encountered agave spirits. Dates include Del Maguey's 1995 founding, Oaxaca Old-Fashioned in 2007 and Mayahuel in 2009.

Robert Simonson, Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails: Mixed Drinks for the Golden Age of Agave (Ten Speed Press,2021), supplied PDF pp.16–37.

Simonson, Robert. Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails: Mixed Drinks for the Golden Age of Agave. Photographs by Lizzie Munro. 1st ed. California and New York: Ten Speed Press, 2021. E-book ISBN 9781984857750. Supplied 212-page PDF. PDF pp.16–37, Introduction.

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Simonson, Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails, PDF16–37.

Introduction

Journalistic retrospective, not exhaustive origins research. The Prohibition travel narrative and broad Scotch-versus-mezcal mixing claims need separate support if used historically. Salt and Ash is situated around 2009 here but dated 2010 in its recipe. Do not import this entire chronology into American-whiskey history. Citation readiness denotes source/locator fidelity, not operational validation.