The extracted agave juice is then poured into either large wooden or stainless steel vats for several days to ferment, resulting in a wort, or , with low alcohol content. This wort is then distilled once to produce what is called , and then a second time to produce clear "silver" tequila. A minimum of two distillations is required by law. A few producers such as Casa Noble (for their "Crystal" expression) and Corzo (for their expression) have experimented with distilling the product a third time, but this has not caught on as a trend, and some have said it removes too much of the agave flavor from the tequila. At this point the tequila is either bottled as silver tequila or it is pumped into wooden barrels to age, where it develops a mellower flavor and amber color.
The extracted agave juice is then poured into either large wooden or stainless steel vats for several days to ferment, resulting in a wort, or , with low alcohol content This wort is then distilled once to produce what is called , and then a second time to produce clear "silver" tequila. A minimum of two distillations is required by law. A few producers such as Casa Noble (for their "Crystal" expression) and Corzo (for their expression) have experimented with distilling the product a third time but this has not caught on as a trend, and some have said it removes too much of the agave flavor from the tequila At this point the tequila is either bottled as silver tequila or it is pumped into wooden barrels to age, where it develops a mellower flavor and amber color.