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mezcal
Sign in to saveMezcal (, ), 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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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.