When I was researching for my book Margarita Time, I reached out to Erick Castro as I knew he had that Baller’s Margarita recipe. But when I was talking to him about it, he shared his insight about how the Margarita is a hard cocktail to mess up. Of course, that’s a controversial take but I loved his flexibility and openmindedness about it. Anyway, cut to today and I’m on his celebrated podcast, Bartender at Large, talking about my book and all things Margarita. I had so much fun. This was another one where he didn’t want to share questions but just go with the flow of the conversation. We talked about the early days of the cocktail renaissance in California, how we met, and our favorite Margarita riffs. You can listen to the episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.