Waikulu Distillery owner Paul Turner stands in a Makawao field of blue agave plants Wednesday morning while describing the process of farming and distilling his premium agave spirit on Maui.

In San Antonio, Devils River distillery makes an agave-tinged whiskey by topping bourbon with blue agave nectar. Gracias a Dios is an agave gin, made with an agave spirit macerated with Oaxacan ...