Some bottles of mezcal contain gusano. Although this translates to mean 'worm', these are larvae of the night butterfly. The larvae emerge from small eggs laid by the butterflies on the agave leaves ...

Produced using 100% Agave Espadín, in the Oaxaca region of Mexico comes El Recuerdo Gusano. You’ll notice it says “Abocado con Gusano” on the label, this is Spanish for “enriched with agave worm”, the ...

Produced using 100% Agave Espadín, in the Oaxaca region of Mexico comes El Recuerdo Gusano. You’ll notice it says “Abocado con Gusano” on the label, this is Spanish for “enriched with agave worm”, the ...

Salud! A quick word on the Mezcal worm... Despite being popularly known as the ‘tequila worm’, a worm, or “el gusano”, can be found in the bottom of mezcal bottles. To further complicate matters, the ...

According to Bodini, people often assume mezcal has to come with an agave worm in the bottle, but he says this is a myth. "They used to put a worm in the spirit to show the difference between ...