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[furrbear]

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo: kosher tequila
Production of the alcoholic beverage will be certified by a rabbi

NEW YORK - A New York businessman is launching a new kosher tequila in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Martin Silver says Agave 99 will be on the market in time for the holiday that celebrates Mexico's defeat of French forces on May 5, 1862.

Silver, president of Long Island-based Star Industries, says he wants to satisfy the craze for high-end tequila with one that observant Jews can drink — "to help the Mexican economy and the Jews."

Silver says a half million cases of the 99-proof kosher tequila are being produced at a Mexican plant using methods certified by a rabbi. It will retail for $41.95 a bottle.

The product launch — with Mexican songs sung in Yiddish and Spanish — is set for May 5, but it will also be sold earlier, for Passover.

Guess they'll have to leave out the worm.

Comments

[bearbarry.livejournal.com]

In south Florida we have a rather large population of Jewish Cubans, or "Jewbans" as they often call themselves. I don't know whether or not they have the taste for tequila, but I know that Kosher rum would be a big hit here.

[musikub.livejournal.com]

I've never seen a real tequila that had a worm in it.

I've seen lots of mezcal passed off as tequila, and they do put worms in that stuff.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

*gag*

Of course, I have that reaction to all Ta-Kill-Ya. I can only imagine I must be allergic to agave, even a small amount of tequila will produce serious digestive upset.