Author Jay Schroeder said, “You’re not going to read a book on Mezcal, cover-to-cover, and three hours later be woke and understand mezcal. It’s not going to happen. Mezcal, as a category, is unknowable. It is infinitely complex, and every rule has many exceptions to it.” Schroeder's book, “Understanding Mezcal” isn’t meant to be the definitive work on the Mexican spirit,