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Colorado Agave Collective

A community dedicated to learning, tasting, and celebrating agave spirits.

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08/11/2026

For August’s First Monday Event, “A Discussion in Pairing”, we challenged attendees to blind-taste four agave mezcal expressions and select the pairings they felt best accompanied each one. Time, palate fatigue, and the sheer variety of options made it a true test of the senses.

The full spread:
Artichoke, Blackberry, Black Pepper, Blueberry, Capers, Cherry, Dark Chocolate, Garlic/Chili/Onion Paste, Ginger, Goat Cheese, Grape (red), Grapefruit, Green Pepper, Gusano (toasted meal worm), Hibiscus/Scorpion Salt (Chihuahua), Honeycomb, Italian Hard Cheese Blend, Kalamata Tapenade, Kiwi, Kosher Salt, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Marjoram, Micro-Cilantro, Mint, Mole Michoacán, Orange, Panela Cheese, Pickles (India Spice), Pipitas, Pistachio, Pomegranate, Portobello Mushroom, Prosciutto, Roasted Corn, Rosemary, Saffron, Sal de Chapulín, Smoked Mussel, Strawberry, Tajín

General consensus from the night’s notes:
Pour 1 – Agua del Sol, Espadín, Oaxaca
Pickles, capers, scorpion salt, brine (in general), soft & hard cheeses
→ briny & saline

Pour 2 – Aguerrido Cupreata, Tomás, Guerrero
Rosemary, prosciutto, green pepper, black pepper, mushroom, mole Michoacán, roasted corn
→ earthy & herbal

Pour 3 – Rey Campero, Mexicano
Orchard fruits, kiwi, honey, kalamata tapenade, pistachio, ginger, Indian pickle
→ fruity & spicy

Pour 4 – Mezcal Vago, Elote
Berries, strawberry, coffee, mussels, mint, pomegranate, dark chocolate, mole Michoacán
→ fruity & bittersweet

One clear standout: Tajín was widely agreed to be the perfect complement to every mezcal of the night, thanks to its bright citrus and spice intensity.

It was a fun filled evening of discovery.

07/23/2026

Our July First Monday event, Agave Spirits 101: The Quiote Cornerstones, we did a blind tasting at Bivy Beer Bar that focused on 2 aspects of quiote spirits. The first is what we consider the 4 main spirits of the category: Tequila, Mezcal, Raicilla, and Sotol. The second aspect of the event was distillation, where we chose a spirit using an alembic stainless pot still, an alembic copper pot still, a Filipino clay pot still, and a Filipino tree trunk still.

For tequila, we talked about the basics: where and how it is made, and from which plant. We covered the legal categories and classifications. We discussed diffusers. And we briefly touched on some of the more widespread tequila myths - such as double distillation being a requirement and that you can add up to 1% additives by volume without disclosure.

For Mezcal, we discussed the wide range of agaves and the places where it can be produced, as well as the different categories and classifications.

For Raicilla, we talked about where it can be made, the range of agaves used, and typical differences between Sierra and Costa production methods.

For Sotol, we talked about the plant it’s made from, its history, where it’s made, and the United States’ refusal to recognize Mexico’s trademark and denomination of origin for Sotol.

Given the setting, a beer bar (with a killer and aggressively priced agave selection), we wanted to talk about what happens after fermentation - distillation. In simple terms, the fermented liquid, essentially beer, is loaded into a still. The still is heated from below, and alcohol is more volatile than water and lighter than solid particles. This means the alcohol boils first, vaporizes, and rises in the still where it condenses on a cool surface and drips out as concentrated alcohol.

The blind tasting lineup:
Tequila/Stainless - Lagrimas Tequila Plata
Sotol/Copper - Naiche mtnviewimports
Mezcal/Clay - Bozal Mezcal Ancestral Barril
Raicilla/Wood - Bonete Raicilla Costa

07/22/2026

Have you ever tried a $2,900 USD bottle of tequila!?

Ryan got the rare the rare opportunity to sample one of the highest MSRP bottles of tequila to ever exist. Volcán de mi Tierra has collaborated with Mexican stonemason ARCA to create a marble sculpture encased 700ml bottle of their Colección La Gavilana I tequila. Limited to 1774 bottles, this Anejo was aged 18 months in European oak and finished for an additional 414 days in Sherry casks before being bottled at 80 proof.

This is one of the rarest tequilas we’ve ever tried, it's the most expensive tequila we’ve ever tried, and it's definitely the heaviest bottle of tequila we've ever picked up. You get an arm workout with every pour.

07/17/2026

Monday, August 3rd Event Details:
A Discussion in Pairing - Blind tasting with Agave spirits and special bites.

To register, click the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links

We created Colorado Agave Collective’s First Monday Events to be a first-of-its-kind concept: consumer-driven, palate-focused, educational, donation-based, agave spirit blind tastings, open to the public, and held on the First Monday of every month. For these events, we remove the commercialization from education while doing it bigger, better, and different. We do not participate in pay-to-play, meaning brands can not buy their way into the events or the lineups. We are not a tequila club, and these events are not the typical tequila club tastings.

5:30 pm - Doors open - Check in, grab a seat, get social, and enjoy a Colorado Agave Collective happy hour!
6:20 pm - Event starts - Introduction, palate warm up, blind tasting quietly and individually, discussing tasting notes at your table group, followed by a full Collective discussion, education and bottle reveal.
8:00 pm - Event ends - We always appreciate volunteers helping us clear tables, your welcome to hang out and socialize.
9:00 pm - Doors close.

All Colorado Agave Collective monthly events will be:
· Held on the 1st Monday of every month
· At Ni Tuyo Denver - 730 S. University, Denver, CO 80209
· From 6pm-8pm
· With theme-based agave spirit blind tastings
· No food will be served - these are events for the palate, thus only chips and limited drinks will be available
**The kitchen will remain closed on Mondays**
· Limited bar menu is available for purchase
· Events are open to the public for anyone 21+
· Donation based entry - Venmo/PayPal preferred

07/04/2026

Agave y Amigos!

’s field trip to hang out with at

Good juice, good food, good people, and good times! We all came home with killer private batch bottles. Support small businesses and small brands doing things the right way. We’ll be back again, and so should you.

06/20/2026

Monday July, 6th - Agave Spirits 101 - the quixote cornerstones beyond fermentation.

Join us in a new location for an educational blind tasting about the distillation of agave spirits at Bivy Beer Bar in Golden Colorado.

We created Colorado Agave Collective’s First Monday Events to be a first-of-its-kind concept: consumer-driven, palate-focused, educational, donation-based, agave spirit blind tastings, open to the public, and held on the First Monday of every month. For these events, we remove the commercialization from education while doing it bigger, better, and different. We do not participate in pay-to-play, meaning brands can not buy their way into the events or the lineups. We are not a tequila club, and these events are not the typical tequila club tastings.

Register at the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links

05/26/2026

Less than a week away!
Monday June, 1st - our most important (and expensive!) event of the year is back.

Come learn about some of the brands that have left the rest of industry in dust when it comes to doing exceptional things to preserve biodiversity, protecting politantors, and supporting rural communities.

You won’t want to miss it. Register at the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links

We created Colorado Agave Collective’s First Monday Events to be a first-of-its-kind concept: consumer-driven, palate-focused, educational, donation-based, agave spirit blind tastings, open to the public, and held on the First Monday of every month. For these events, we remove the commercialization from education while doing it bigger, better, and different. We do not participate in pay-to-play, meaning brands can not buy their way into the events or the lineups. We are not a tequila club, and these events are not the typical tequila club tasting experience.

Register at the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links

05/19/2026

Monday June, 1st - our most important (and expensive!) event of the year is back.

You won’t want to miss it.

We created Colorado Agave Collective’s First Monday Events to be a first-of-its-kind concept: consumer-driven, palate-focused, educational, donation-based, agave spirit blind tastings, open to the public, and held on the First Monday of every month. For these events, we remove the commercialization from education while doing it bigger, better, and different. We do not participate in pay-to-play, meaning brands can not buy their way into the events or the lineups. We are not a tequila club, and these events are not the typical tequila club tasting experience.

Click the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links to register.

05/05/2026

For May’s First Monday event, we returned to our Single Species Series featuring four varietals of the agave Karwinskii.

The blind tasting lineup included:
Aqua Del Sol Madrecuishe 48% ABV
Maguey Malate Cuixe 44.6% ABV
Bozal Tobasiche 47% ABV
Paquera Barril 46% ABV

04/17/2026

For our May 4th event we’re back at and we’re hosting the next installment of our Single Species Series and we’re focusing on varietials of the A. Karwinskii. Come out and get nerdy with us!

We created Colorado Agave Collective’s First Monday Events to be a first-of-its-kind concept: consumer-driven, palate-focused, educational, donation-based, agave spirit blind tastings, open to the public, and held on the First Monday of every month. For these events, we remove the commercialization from education while doing it bigger, better, and different. We do not participate in pay-to-play, meaning brands can not buy their way into the events or the lineups. We are not a tequila club, and these events are not the typical tequila club tasting experience.

Click the link in our bio or visit coloradoagavecollective.com/links to register.

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