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A friend of ours had been enjoying a Johnny Utah from Georgetown Brewing Company this past weekend, and thought we might like to know more about it. Beer is not our forte, we usually leave the frothy subject to those more knowledgeable on the matter to talk brew. This subject is a little different, he prodded. It’s a session IPA. To which we said, what the h@!# is that?

While those of you who know your beer might know exactly what he was talking about, we had no idea. Our friend couldn’t find anything to speak of on the subject, so we decided to do a little research and report back. The internet yielded a few results, but we thought a road trip to visit Manny Chao of Georgetown Brewing was a tastier alternative.

Manny was happy to explain, even if a little curious as to why I was …

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With a guy in a hammock as a mascot and a name like Mañana, there has to be a story here. As it turns out, Mañana Tequila was passed down from a tequila maker named Feliciano Vidal to Pancho Vidal, via the death of Feliciano and the motivation of Pancho, who spent (apparently) most of his time in a hammock near the sea, doing a lot of nothing.

Pancho, upon inheriting a distillery from his uncle Feliciano, went to Arandas, Jalisco and started making tequila. Because Pancho was into lounging by the sea, he took his sweet time in distilling, letting the tequila rest until it smelled just right. He kept saying,”tomorrow, tomorrow, it will be ready”. One fine day, it was ready. But the name “tomorrow” (Mañana) stuck.

Sure, it’s probably just a story. But we kinda liked it. It’s good …