Homemade tequila?

i have several, fairly large blue agaves. i was wondering if anyone knew what steps i would need to take to go about making my own tequila, just as a fun little project. i have heard that it requires a lot of leaves but i do not know any other details.





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Homemade tequila?
You need to harvest them right and shave it properly or you can easily ruin your efforts.





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Reply:Listen to "David L" And get your head out of your A--!!
Reply:Wow this is the second or third time some one has asked this.





First of all it would not be legal in 2 different ways. 1) The U.S. does not allow you to make hard liquor of any kind. For good reason if not done right this could make you very sick or even kill you! Back in the day of moon shine lots of people got very sick or even died. 2) In the case of Tequila it is not legal to make it outside of certain States within Mexico. It is a double law breaker there. lol





Also, it takes a skilled Jimador (the guy who tends to the agave plants) to know when to pick the right plants. Then you have to shave the leaves down until you get to the "pina" (pineapple in English). Then the pina gets cooked down and stored in steel vats in the case of Blanco and then can get aged in oak barrels for up to 6 months to get a Repesado or gets aged over 6 months to be called an Anejo.





Blanco, Repesado and Anejo are the main types of tequila that you see. There is however, gold and silver which are at least 51% agave (by law nothing can even be called tequila unless it is at least 51% agave) and then carmel colorings and other stuff is put in there. This stuff is crap! Crap marketed to white Americans who do not know any better. These do not taste good and will give you a very nasty headache/hang over. That is why a lot of Americans do not like tequila because they have only had that Jose Cuervo gold crap which has made them sick. lol! The REAL stuff (see above) taste delicious and will not make you sick either.





There is also a rather new catagory called Reserva and this is usually aged for well over a year and has a very high level of craftmansship put into every bottle very much like a very high end bottle of wine.





Not only is there too much work/skill involved it is not even legal! You would have to move to the tequila region of Mexico (Jalisco and parts of Guanajuato and Nayarit ) and then get trained as a Jimador to even get started.
Reply:it would involve harvesting and preparing the leaves, mashing, a good long boil, pitching yeast, letting it ferment, distilling (which is very illegal in the US), and letting it age. Way more effort than it's worth even if you are an experienced homebrewer
Reply:I ♥ tequila! I hope this works out for you!








http://www.itequila.org/made.htm
Reply:Dont trouble yourself. Just go out and buy a bottle. Easier.