(n.) A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.
Example Sentences:
(1) THE COOL KIDS Lux Central Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Arya Daryani In other cities, Lux Central would be too cool for school; here, it may have all the hipster hallmarks – permanent semi-darkness, tattooed staff, designer brews, aged mescal cocktails dotted with jewels of agave – but it’s impossible to remain chill in the face of its pancake breakfasts (from $9), steak’n’eggs lunches and fabulous in-house bakery.
(2) Try a Mango Mescal Madness, or a Haboob, a gin and cactus syrup concoction named after the epic sandstorms that roll across the valley each summer.
(3) The second area is the lower Pecos River region of Texas, where shamanistic figures display traits considered to be conceptual analogues of the mescal bean (Sophora secundiflora) cult as practiced during historic times by Great Plains Indians.
Mezcal
Definition:
(n.) Same as Mescal.
Example Sentences:
(1) There are other can't-miss-cocktails, with mezcal, whiskey, and rum bases, if tequila is not your poison.
(2) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.