Mescal in A Sentence

    1

    A peculiar and highly profitable branch of Mexican agriculture is the cultivation of the Agave for two widely different purposes - one for its fibre, which is exported, and the other for its sap, which is manufactured into intoxicating liquors called "pulque " and " mescal."

    2

    Among the manufactured products are cotton, woollen and "pita" fibre fabrics, sugar, rum, mescal, beer, furniture, pottery, soap, candles, leather, matches, chocolate, flour and cigarettes.

    3

    By distillation a spirit called mescal is prepared.

    4

    Rum is a by-product of the sugar industry, and "mescal" is distilled from the agave.

    5

    The first is chiefly known in the south by the " magueys," from which the national drinks " pulque " and " mescal " are extracted.

    6

    The mescalproducing magueys have a thinner leaf and are not cultivated, with the exception of the species producing the " tequila " mescal.

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    There are also a large number of distilleries, breweries, and establishments for the manufacture of it pulque," " mescal," and imitation or counterfeited liquors.