Tasting of Mezcal 2011

Tasting of Mezcal - "Leyendas de Mezcal"
Sergio Inurrigarro, President of "Asociación Pro Cultura de Mezcal, A.C., will be holding a special Mezcal tasting event at the Embassy of Mexico in Berlin. He will present different kinds of Mezcal.

Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant. The maguey plant grows mostly in Oaxaca but also in other parts of Mexico. Mexican people drink Mezcal straight and it has a strong smokey flavor. Only certain mezcals, which are usually produced in Oaxaca, are sold "con gusanos" (with worms). That started as a marketing gimmick in the 1940s.

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