Mescal is a unique adult beverage I occasionally enjoy. I like is served chilled and neat (meaning no mixers or ice). Mescal is in the same beverage family as tequila, but is made with different types of agave plants; tequila is made only with blue agave plants that grow in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. But there is more.

Tequila is made by removing the heart of the agave plant (the pina), cooking it for hours in an oven, after which the juice is squeezed out and distilled. On the other hand, ...