Ghia in Kansas City, MO

Mean Mule Distilling Co. is a woman-owned agave-spirits distillery and tasting room in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District, founded by Jeff Evans (CEO) and Meg Evans (COO) with master distiller Tyler Gloe. The company began distilling in 2016 from 100% organic blue Weber agave and opened its Crossroads distillery and tasting room at 1733 Locust St in April 2019. Its core lineup is American Agave Spirit in Silver, Gold, and Heritage expressions; the flagship Silver earned a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Beyond spirit flights and craft cocktails, the tasting room keeps a small dedicated mocktail list of roughly five house-built zero-proof drinks. Named examples include Pickle's Punch (house red-pepper syrup, cactus brine, ginger beer, lime) and the Kleopatra, built on Ghia's non-alcoholic aperitif with an almond-and-ube syrup.