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mescal

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mescal
1. a spineless globe-shaped cactus, Lophophora williamsii, of Mexico and the southwestern US Its button-like tubercles (mescal buttons) contain mescaline and are chewed by certain Indian tribes for their hallucinogenic effects
2. a colourless alcoholic spirit distilled from the fermented juice of certain agave plants


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Skyy Spirits) Made from wild espadin agave that has been pit-roasted over mesquite, Sombra Agave de Oaxaca is a lightly smoky mescal with almost a smoked applewood quality mixed together with a potent mezcal sweetness reminiscent of roasted pineapples.
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Like his protagonist, Lowry also had a drink problem and there is plenty of himself in the shabby diplomat, drowning himself in mescal.
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And - as he finds out when a woman in a market gives him hallucinogenic mescal to chew - they can make people do very silly things WE LOVE REALITY THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY C4, 10.
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