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🥃 A Mexican spirit 🌵 A desert plant
sotol

sotol

1 9.9
An alcoholic drink made by distilling the desert plant Dasylirion in northern Mexico
  • noun
  • /səˈtōl/
  • US
: sotol
  • The sotol, the traditional highlands drink distilled from the heart of a saw-bladed, yuccalike plant, tasted smoky and as hard as gasoline.
  • sotol drink

But what we had were at least two different types of sotol when we were in Marfa.

Examples

  • Ipa's father shook his head, then took another drink of sotol.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • But what we had were at least two different types of sotol when we were in Marfa.

    Tim Ferriss

  • Most of them had been drinking sotol for a long time.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • They all downed sotol drink until their eyes glazed over, except for the two dressed in the long brown tunics.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Even when we got drunk one night on a bottle of Gilberto's bootleg sotol we had packed in, two of us took off in the dark and found a ruin.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Ipa's father took a long draw from a gourd filled with sotol and finished his flatbread made from ground maize.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Kadoh crept closer and timidly handed the man a gourd filled with sotol drink, a handful of flattened corn cakes, and some roasted rabbit.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • While visiting a local bar in Texas, I decided to sample the sotol, which had a rich and earthy flavor profile.

  • At the festival, many enjoyed sipping on sotol, a traditional spirit made from the desert plant Dasylirion.

  • During the tasting event, the bartender explained that sotol is often compared to tequila but with a unique twist.

Synonyms

mescal
vssotol
  • US
4 9.3

A strong clear Mexican alcoholic drink made from the agave plant

is produced from the desert Dasylirion plant instead of fermented agave juices
mezcal
vssotol
2 7.2

A Mexican alcoholic drink that people make from the agave plant

is produced from the desert Dasylirion plant rather than from agave
pisco
vssotol
1 8.8

A clear grape brandy made in Peru and Chile

is produced from a desert plant in northern Mexico rather than from grapes
cachaça
vssotol
1 9.6

A Brazilian alcoholic drink made by distilling fermented sugarcane juice

is produced from a desert plant in northern Mexico rather than sugarcane

Surface Forms

sotol singular
sotols plural

Etymology

Sotol comes from Spanish and likely from a local Mexican name for the desert plant it comes from. So the drink is named after the plant, just like tequila is named after the agave, which helps you remember that sotol is a Mexican spirit made from a spiky desert plant.