A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
1He had followed a liter of mezcal with five bottles of Corona.
2They're Mezcallero 'Paches, and the'r food, th' mezcal, grows thick round ther'.
3Yes; they spend a part of every year here-abouts, gatherin' mezcal.
4There were briars, mezcal plants, and cacti-all luxuriant, hirsute, and thorny.
5While speaking the colonel has poured out a glass of the distilled mezcal juice.
6John Ruth pours shots of mezcal into clay shooters for Oswaldo, himself, and Domergue.
7It is the agave, the far-famed mezcal-plant of Mexico.
8One of the men was more coherent-Pedro ,whoused to sell mezcal to the troop.
9I arrived around 3pmand she met me at the gate with a glass of mezcal.
10Then there is the individual touch of each maestro de mezcal -the master distiller.
11Most tequila and mezcal is bottled without aging.
12It was a weird, fucked-up brand of mezcal.
13Periodical shortages, related to the plant's long growing cycle, have always posed problems for mezcal and tequila.
14But among fans of fine spirits, mezcal is winning the battle for hearts, minds, livers and wallets.
15That evening, there was much merrymaking at the dance, and a great quantity of mezcal was drunk.
16Jesse shook his unresponsive head, stirring up the mezcal and nightmares of last night and this morning.