Twenty-five panelists were selected to perform sensory tests, on the basis of their ability to discriminate the four basic tastes.Then, mezcals were tested in afocus grouptest by using a 9-point hedonic scale, with scores ranging from 1 (very unpleasant) to 9 (very pleasant). Ethanol aroma, wood aroma, bitter taste, wood taste, and overall acceptability were evaluated by quantitative descriptive analysis with a scale ranging from 1 (weak) to 9 (extremely strong).Subsequently, panelists compared the mezcal with better acceptability versus to commercial mezcalsA and B (purchased in a local market) by performing adifference from control test, by using a scale ranging from 1 (no difference) to 10 (very large difference).