Unlike tequila and mezcal, which are made from agave, sotol is made from a hardy plant native to Northern Mexico and parts of the Southwestern United States. It's a spirit that's deeply ingrained ...

Sotol is a relatively unknown spirit in Northeast Ohio. It is made with sotol plants from the genus – dasylirion – making it’s a distant cousin, perhaps an ancestor, of agave. These plants ...

A shot of sotol in a ceramic cup on a plate next to a plate with lime and tomato slices - Eduardo Montes/Shutterstock ...