What is Mezcal?

The definition of Mezcal

'An agave plant, especially one of a type used to make alcoholic drinks.'

Mezcal (/mɛˈskæl/, Spanish: [mesˈkal] (About this soundlisten)) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of maguey. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli [meʃˈkalːi], which means “oven-cooked agave”, from metl [met͡ɬ] and ixcalli [iʃˈkalːi]. Traditionally the word “mezcal” has been used generally in Mexico for all maguey spirits and it continues to be used for many maguey spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as “mezcal” or not.

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Oxford English Definition:
‘An agave plant, especially one of a type used to make alcoholic drinks.’

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Wikipedia Definition:
Mezcal (/mɛˈskæl/, Spanish: [mesˈkal] (About this soundlisten)) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of maguey. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli [meʃˈkalːi], which means “oven-cooked agave”, from metl [met͡ɬ] and ixcalli [iʃˈkalːi]. Traditionally the word “mezcal” has been used generally in Mexico for all maguey spirits and it continues to be used for many maguey spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as “mezcal” or not.

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Wikipedia Definition:
Mezcal (/mɛˈskæl/, Spanish: [mesˈkal] (About this soundlisten)) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of maguey. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli [meʃˈkalːi], which means “oven-cooked agave”, from metl [met͡ɬ] and ixcalli [iʃˈkalːi]. Traditionally the word “mezcal” has been used generally in Mexico for all maguey spirits and it continues to be used for many maguey spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as “mezcal” or not.

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Wikipedia Definition:
Mezcal (/mɛˈskæl/, Spanish: [mesˈkal] (About this soundlisten)) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of maguey. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli [meʃˈkalːi], which means “oven-cooked agave”, from metl [met͡ɬ] and ixcalli [iʃˈkalːi]. Traditionally the word “mezcal” has been used generally in Mexico for all maguey spirits and it continues to be used for many maguey spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as “mezcal” or not.

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