There’s a certain, very specific green liqueur that’s become difficult to find in the past few years… impossible in some places. Jessica Leigh Graves, the founder of Violet Crown Spirits in Austin Texas, set out to make a “twin” (her word) of this bottle, and did pretty damn well for herself. She sits down with Greg and Sother to talk about making absinthe in Texas, what it’s like to try and recreate one of the most famous cordials ever, and what she and her partner are doing on a farm they’ve set up in Texas’s hill country.

PLUS, congress recently closed a farm bill loophole that could have massive implications for the THC beverage industry. Greg breaks down what’s happening, and why, on this particular issue, he actually agrees with Ted Cruz.

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