What happens if you eat a tequila worm?

Finally, as long as we’re busting myths, here’s another one: Does eating the worm cause hallucinations? Nope. If you start seeing things after eating the worm, it probably has more to do with the mezcal you had to drink than the actual larva. Some people who have eaten a mezcal worm say it tastes like chicken.

Does eating the worm in tequila make you hallucinate?

Why do you hallucinate when you eat the worm inside a tequila bottle? You don’t. There are no worms in tequila bottles. They are in mescal bottles, and they will not make you hallucinate.

Does a tequila worm get you drunk?

Does the tequila worm get you drunk? No, although it’s soaked and pickled in mezcal, there isn’t enough booze on the warm itself to get you drunk.

What does the worm at the bottom of tequila do?

In his book, Dias Blue writes that the insect serves as evidence of a mezcal’s potency; to pickle the gusano, the spirit must have a high percentage of alcohol. Oviedo is pragmatic. “More than anything, mezcal brands use the worm for marketing purposes,” he says.

What brand of tequila has a worm in the bottle?

Monte Alban Mezcal
Monte Alban Mezcal with Worm Tequila. The #1 selling Mezcal in the USA. With agave and of course, the worm!

Can you hallucinate on mezcal?

The worm at the bottom of mezcal won’t make you hallucinate Yes, some bottles of mezcal include a creepy crawly surprise at the bottom, but no, it won’t make you hallucinate if you drink mezcal and eat it.

What Tequila has a worm in the bottle?

Mezcal
Mezcal drinkers first started seeing the worm in the bottle around the 1950s, when a young entrepreneur named Jacobo Lozano Páez claimed that the worm made the mezcal taste better. The gusano isn’t some ancient Aztec secret aphrodisiac or way to brew stronger alcohol. It’s shock value from the 1940s and 50s.

Do all tequila bottles have worms?

Over time, other manufacturers followed suit due to its popularity. Today, tequila does not contain a worm in the bottle (in fact, the Mexican Standards authority prohibits it). But if you do find a bottle, they’re usually in lower-ended mezcal.

Is there a tequila with a worm at the bottom?

There never has been any brands of tequila with a critter at the bottom. It’s a misconception. The Mexican spirit that does have a worm in the bottle is called Mezcal. Yes, both tequila and mezcal are similar, so it’s easy to see how the mistake can be made—but there is no worm in tequila.

Is there a worm in the bottom of a mezcal bottle?

That doesn’t mean there never was a worm in the bottom of a liquor bottle. It’s just that the spirit in question was mezcal, tequila’s smokier cousin. However, it’s worth noting that only a few mezcal producers used to include a worm in the bottle.

What is the Mexican spirit that has a worm at the bottom?

That’s another common misconception. The Mexican spirit that has a worm in that bottom is actually as you’ve probably guessed by now Mezcal. Tequila and mezcal are quite similar so the misunderstanding is acceptable.

What is the origin of the worm in the bottle?

Some think the worm in the bottle started as a marketing ploy, to get people to drink more mezcal in the 1940s and 1950s. Tequila was flooding the American market and mezcal needed a way to stand out.