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Mezcal (, ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.
Key facts
- Drink.name
- Mezcal
- Drink.image
- Mezcal_bottles_.jpg
- Drink.caption
- Bottles at a factory in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca
- Drink.type
- Distilled beverage
- Drink.abv
- 40–55%
- Drink.proof
- 80–110°
- Drink.origin
- Mexico
- Drink.introduced
- 17th century
- Drink.color
- Clear or golden
- Drink.flavor
- Sweet, fruity, earthy, smoky
- Drink.ingredients
- agave
- Drink.related
- tequila, bacanora, raicilla, pulque
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- liquor
- Part of
- Mexican cuisine
- Country
- Mexico
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Image
- Mezcal.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mezcal
- different from
- mescaline
- native label
- Mezcal
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Possible pre-colonial distillation
- Regulation
- Mezcal agave
- Varieties
- Production
- Drinking
- Exportation
- Festival
- In the media
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Mezcal (, ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave.
Agaves or magueys are endemic to the Americas and found globally as ornamental plants. The Agave genus is a member of the Agavoideae subfamily of the Asparagaceae plant family which has almost 200 species. Mezcal is made from over 30 Agave species, varieties, and subvarieties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mezcal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.