Is there a way to make homebrew tequila?

Question

Like from scratch. We have local agave plants (edible kind) and I'd like to try it!

Answer 1

only if you have a still. It is a distilled beverage much like scotch or vodka.

Answer 2

You could if you have all the materials necessary.

Tequila is made from the blue agave plant primarily. So you would need lot of blue agave. That is why tequila is made in Mexico.

The agave is fermented and then the liquid distilled so you would need a way to distill the fermented liquid.

Then the tequila is aged for a period of time. My experience is the longer it is aged the better the tequila is.

Tequila is not anything new. It has probably been made for centuries the same old way.

Go for it!

Answer 3

I've been to Tequila several times and seen it done.
You must trim, the leaves from the plant.
Take the big pinapple-looking thing and cut it into big chunks.
You dont want to boil this. Bake it at low temps (300f or so) 'till it becomes soft and the juice is sweet. (you've just converted the starches to sugar).
Now you must rinse with hot water all of the sugar from the baked pina. This is a mess and will reqire a very large strainer and a huge bucket to catch the sweet run-off.
Once you've milked the pina for all of it's sweet nectar, cool it down to about 70f and add brewers yeast. Wait for the juice to ferment into the beer (pulque), about 5 days.
Put the pulque in a still and distill it into spirits.
Ole!
You really should invest in a book that can walk you through the steps.

Answer 4

Possible, but check ur heating bill. Agave is a notoriously hard plant to boil- which is an important part of this process. Most good tequilerias do theirs for a few days.

Answer 5

Doesn't sound like it. Check out Epinions.com - homemade tequila facts.