Description: You are welcomed with a margarita or two before you even begin the tour. Pretty good for a $10 fee for entry!!
They grow agave plants to make tequila, and explain each and every piece of the tequila puzzle - how it starts out as a plant that looks like aloe with a big pineapple looking thing in the middle right through to the wonderful liquid that gets you high!!
I think they said it takes like 10 years before a plant is ready to be harvested for tequila. We got a lengthy overview of authentic tequila and the process by which it is made. Patron and Sauza were dismissed as not being real tequila. Don Julio Reposado I believe is still safe as a real tequila though. Mexico has legislated where agave can be grown to create tequila - much like France has decided that champagne can only come from the Champagne area and all others are sparkling wines.
The highlight of the museum was the end where they had the tequila samples. They had approximately 9 or 10 different types of tequila including regular, orange, cinnamen, ambrosia, vanilla, some blue kind which tasted like candy. We tried a shot of just about each kind, and some we had seconds on. They also had these tequilas for sale, as well as honey that is made only from the agave plant - definitely different tasting than clover honey!!
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