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Hearing from the Best-in-Show Winners of the Inaugural Kosher Spirits Awards [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #195]
Introduction With the inaugural Kosher Spirits Awards having taken place this summer, The Jewish Drinking Show‘s previous episode featured Maggie Kimberl, who not only led the judging, but also originated the idea for them. In this episode, Rabbi Drew Kaplan visits the owners and makers of the three best-in-show products of the inaugural Kosher Spirits […]
First-of-its-Kind Kosher Agave Festival to Feature Kosher-Certified Tequilas and Mezcals
A first-of-its-kind event will be taking place in the kosher world in exactly four weeks from today. Taking place on August 4th, the Kosher Agave Fest will be the first public-facing event to feature kosher-certified tequilas and mezcals. Being held in West Hempstead, the event is being run by Jazz Age Cocktails, behind which is its […]
Star-K Issues Clarification Regarding El Tequileño’s Kosher-for-Passover Products
Having recently shared the news that Star-K has certified 11 El Tequileño products as kosher-for-Passover, I received a lot of questions from people asking questions as to these products, including the most popular question: Does the bottle need to say that the products were kosher-for-Passover? When I reached out to Star-K, the response I received […]
![Reviewing Tekiah’s Blanco & Reposado Tequilas [Video]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tekiah-Blanco-and-Reposado-Tequilas-Review-600x338.png)
Reviewing Tekiah’s Blanco & Reposado Tequilas [Video]
In this video, R’ Drew & Eric review Tekiah‘s blanco tequila and reposado tequila: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZKiqSNKY0c Disclosure: A review sample of the blanco tequila and a review sample of the reposado tequila were provided to Jewish Drinking for review purposes. Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Blanco 2:40 Reposado 5:57 Concluding 6:35 Thank you & l’chaim!
List of Kosher for Passover Agave Spirits 2026 (Tequilas, Mezcals, & Sotols)
Once again, Supervisores en Calidad Kosher has released an updated guide of kosher-for-Passover-certified tequilas, mezcals, and sotols. This guide, which comes as part of a letter, notes: “As in years prior, the Kashrus team of the Kehile Ashkenazi de México have done a comprehensive review of the tequila companies under KA certification to evaluate the […]
Nearly a Dozen El Tequileño Products Have Now Been Certified Kosher-for-Passover
[Related: Star-K Issues Clarification Regarding El Tequileño’s Kosher-for-Passover Products] El Tequileño, a producer of tequilas, has recently had several of its products become certified as kosher-for-Passover. There has been a growing list of agave spirits in recent years that have been certified as kosher-for-Passover (for instance, see the 2025 list), so adding more to this […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2025
Once again, Supervisores en Calidad Kosher has released its 2025 guide for Passover products, which includes – of interest for readers of this website – tequilas, mezcals, and sotols. They do note on the second page that “hay numerosos productos con certificaciones de agencias reconocidas, especialmente aquellos importados de Israel o EE.UU., que no han […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2024
{Please note that this list is for 2024 (for the 2025 list, see here)} The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas (see p. 7), noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer […]
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Creating Barrel-Aged Kosher-for-Passover Products [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 147th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Ami & Larissa Nahari of The River Wine discuss the creation of their first-to-market certified kosher-for-Passover products of both Anoche reposado tequila and Ethan’s Reserve sorghum whiskey:
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2023
{Please note that this list is for 2023 (for the 2024 list, see here)} The Greater Phoenix Va’ad HaKashruth has released its annual list of kosher for Passover tequilas, noting that these are silver/blanco-only tequilas, silver/blanco mezcals, and sotols, “even when KFP status is not indicated on the bottle”. This list is organized by manufacturer and comes to […]