Effects - Mezcal de Fenix

[Goldducky]

Ight i got this bottle of liquer from my friend and its called "Mezcal de Fenix" its a type of tequilla. It has a "worm" at the bottom of the bottle. Some people have told me it makes you sick and others told me it makes you hallucinate, so what does it do?

[Mdubzui]

The "worm" (sometimes more than one) commonly seen in bottles of mezcal is actually the larva of one of two kinds of insects. The most common type is that of the agave snout weevil. [1] [2] The "red worm" or gusano rojo is the caterpillar of the Hypopta agavis moth, one of the several kinds of "maguey worm", found on the agave plant. (Agave worms are sometimes found in the piña after harvesting). Many brands contain such worms. Some are named after the worm itself, as in Gusano Rojo and some are even named for the number of worms, e.g. Dos Gusanos, "Two Worms". Inside the mezcal, however, the worm is more a marketing substance, as it has lost its nutrients inside the bottle. Nacional Vinicola (NAVISA) was the first company to add a worm to its Gusano Rojo mezcal. It was Andres Paniagua and Jacobo Lozano, creators of Gusano Rojo and Dos Gusanos, who first introduced the practice of adding larva to mezcal. Today there are several brands doing this.
Although the custom is relatively recent, larvae are used frequently by several brands of mezcal to give flavor to the drink. A whole larva is deposited in the bottle, normally after having previously been cured in pure alcohol.

There is nothing to support the widespread myth that the worm contains hallucinogens or aphrodisiac properties.

From wikipedia.

[old hippie 56]

The sickness comes from drinking the whole bottle to get to the worm!!!