This doesn’t have anything to do with me. Are you worried about being lumped into a trend? There’s a lot of celebrity spirits out there - the guys from Breaking Bad just launched a mezcal, for instance. Ha! Or maybe something like “God of Wine.” But seriously, as a writer you know this, you know when the right word comes up. I thought maybe you’d name it after song of yours like “Crystal Baller.” It’s about the sun, the soil and the agave.Īs long as we’re talking Third Eye Blind connections, I’ve seen blanco tequilas called Crystal and there’s a “cristalino” style of tequila. And the whole point here is about purity. It would have been kind of a put-on otherwise. As well, I’m an aficionado of tequila, but that’s not my language, so I thought I’d better give it an English name. And that’s what gives the agave its herbaceous quality. It’s a line in one of our songs, “Weightless”- the line is “summer gods got me screaming.” The connection with tequila … the agave goes back to the Aztecs, it was mentioned way back they relied so heavily on the magic of volcanic soil in the Lowlands. We spoke with Jenkins while he was between shows - Third Eye Blind is currently touring with Jimmy Eat World through early August on the appropriately named Summer Gods Tour, and, yes, a new 3EB album is in the works.īut first, a post-drink discussion with Jenkins, where we talk agave and I ask, loosely, how’s it gonna be. So, unlike the lyrics to a certain Third Eye Blind song, I would not want something else. It’s certainly distinct and complex for a blanco, while remaining a smooth sipper. In some hastily made cocktails that night, it got a little lost, but on its own, I picked up notes of hibiscus, lychee and (particularly when paired with a cucumber-heavy cocktail) a nice hint of mint.
SUMMERGODS, a small-batch premium tequila crafted via a third-generation distiller, is made using a traditional stone covered masonry oven and autoclave baking process the agave is a blend from both the Highlands and Lowlands. In another wrinkle, Singleton alleged that Jenkins previously went to SoundExchange and told the organization that the band had decided to split up its own royalties, and that all checks should be sent to the band’s corporationwithout Salazar’s knowledge. As Jenkins admits, he drank about “10 shots” of his own product during the evening, which explains why our pre-show interview was moved to the following afternoon. Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on June 15, 2019. The Third Eye Blind frontman seemed none the worse 12 hours after debuting SUMMERGODS, his new blanco tequila, and performing a few acoustic songs at New York’s Rose Bar. That’s how Stephan Jenkins described his new tequila after a night of drinking it.
“It’s really intoxicating and satisfying and inspiring.”
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