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chapstick__ t1_j6b8307 wrote

Reply to comment by sweetnumb in eli5: Why does cheap alcohol taste worse than nicer alcohol? by Chase_The_Dream

It's not possible to make tequila in Boston because that would be mezcal. Tequila has to come from tequila Mexico to be tequila.like how bourbon has to come from bourbon Kentucky. Boston probably just doesn't have very good tequila at bars.

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fiendo13 t1_j6bdymg wrote

Bourbon just has to be made in America, be over 50% corn, and aged in a new charred oak barrel. There is actually only one distillery in bourbon county, KY.

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Scottzilla90 t1_j6bf8og wrote

Close, it has to come from the USA to be Bourbon (amongst other conditions) but can only be Kentucky Bourbon if it’s from Kentucky.

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Rumhead1 t1_j6cr413 wrote

Tequila and mescal are different drinks and it has nothing to do with where it is made.

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beorn12 t1_j6dd529 wrote

Mezcal is the overall term for distilled agave spirits. As such, there are many types of mezcales, made in different regions in Mexico, using various cultivars or even different species of agave. Tequila is a specific type of mezcal made from blue agave. It also has denomination of origin, so additionally for it to be legally called tequila, it must be made in the state of Jalisco or the bordering municipalities (counties) of Michoacan, Guanajuato, and Tamaulipas.

In practice, people separate tequila from the rest of mezcales, much like people set apart champagne from "wine", despite how champagne is literally a specific type of sparkling wine, made in the French region of Champagne.

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sweetnumb t1_j6b881z wrote

Oh wow, you're right. Somehow I completely forgot about that.

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ettmyers t1_j6cvo39 wrote

Mezcal actually has stricter guidelines than tequila, also must be made in certain Mexican regions.

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