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TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

An important question

By TigerHawk at 8/18/2010 09:48:00 PM

What are the differences between tequila and mezcal (which, by the way, I had for the first time this weekend)?

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6 Comments:

By Trochilus, at Wed Aug 18, 10:03:00 PM:

Worms!

Well . . . and a slightly different process.

I think it's a little like, all Champagne is sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.

By Anonymous, at Wed Aug 18, 10:05:00 PM:

Mezcal is made of agave, but it's a less rigorous distillation process. It's "fresher", for lack of a better word. However, it's also more of a homespun deal, so it's got protected origin dealies going for it. Like, in Arizona, we can make types of tequila with our agave, but we can't make and market mezcal. Mezcal is also waaay raunchier when you get it down in Jalisco or Guerrero.

By JPMcT, at Thu Aug 19, 01:19:00 AM:

In significant volume, the effect is the same.

...and then there is the worm.

By Boludo Tejano, at Thu Aug 19, 07:06:00 AM:

You needed the NYT to inform you of this. Oh well.

By TigerHawk, at Thu Aug 19, 07:51:00 AM:

@Boludo - I know. It is more than a little humiliating.

By MCSE, at Wed Aug 25, 07:33:00 AM:

thanks

good post

MCSE