Why is there a worm in my bottle of mescal ?

Question

Paez; are you referring to the boxer ? I refused him at the door once. Won't do that again ...

Answer 1

idk. but that's just gross

Answer 2

You could listen to the distilleries’ propaganda machine and believe they started putting the worm in to test if the mescal was fully distilled. If the worm died, it was the proper proof.

However, the whole worm/mescal deal was a marketing gimmick thought up by a clever mescal bottler by the name of Jacobo Lozano Paez. The worm (actually a moth larva) is commonly found in the agave plant from which mescal is created, and since a lot of them found their way into mash anyway, Jacobo figured: why not be up front about it and put it right in the bottle?

Answer 3

In 1950, Mexico City entrepreneur Jacobo Lozano Paez hit on the idea of putting a worm in each bottle as a marketing gimmick.
The worms were also said to have aphrodisiac properties, and worms and bugs are sometimes consumed in Mexico as a delicacy.
mescal is about as palatable as paint remover, and the only people who are going to drink this stuff are macho lunatics!

Answer 4

The worm in a bottle of Mezcal is usually referred to as a "mexican tradition". The worm is actually a marketing tool used to sell more tequila and mezcal north of the Mexican border.

Answer 5

Mescal is like drinking liquid plastic. Stay away.

Answer 6

you people drink that stuff? All of these year I thought that it was for stripping paint off of old cars and cleaning clogged drains. Oh well

Answer 7

how to get the worm out of the bottle.

Answer 8

It's just to get you messed up faster

Answer 9

its all about fermentation, its kinda gross but the worm is edible, and doesn't taste that bad if you're drunk, try it

Answer 10

trademark of perhyaps one of mnthe best tequilas in mexico.mescal comes froma cactuts tree.................worm only grows in agabe tree............