Señor RioDec 15, 20202 minA journey into the history of alcohol consumption millions of years in the making.Welcome! I’m Winston, Señor Rio’s keenest history buff. I’ve been a devoted scholar on the lineage and development of societies. These...
Señor RioDec 14, 20202 minIt All Started with Fermented Fruit Occurrences of various animals getting drunk from fermented fruit are well documented and often pretty hilarious. Birds, bees, bats,...
Señor RioDec 13, 20202 minBefore Tequila There Was PulqueThe ancestral beverage of Mexico, Pulque, was the progenitor of tequila and its origins date back to the Mesoamerican culture. It is a...
Señor RioDec 12, 20202 minHow Aging Changes the Color and Flavor of Alcoholic BeveragesIf you’re reading this, I assume you have at least a passing familiarity with spirits of various kinds. You may be open minded on what...
Señor RioDec 11, 20203 minThe Importance of Oak on the Aging ProcessThe first thing to know about oak is that not all oaks are the same. The quercus genus refers to white oak and tradition dictates that...
Señor RioDec 10, 20203 minHow Does Oak Influence the Flavor of Señor Rio Tequila?One thing not yet mentioned is in what type of oak is tequila, and by extension Señor Rio, aged? Most tequila uses American oak from...
Señor RioDec 9, 20203 minThe Accidental Beginning Of Distilling Alcohol Welcome to Persia in the year 830. By the flickering, undulating light of a flame burning in an oil lamp a man pauses, the feathers of...
Señor RioDec 8, 20203 minPersian History in a Modern-Day SpiritNow we have a society that’s stable, where people live their lives happily and with a decent amount of freedom. This, of course, cannot...
