The drink distilled from pulque is tequila or mescal Mezcal. Alcoholic beverages native to Mexico include mescal, pulque, and tequila. He then visits the Consul, telling him to stay away from mescal and tequila. The most important plant food used by the Lipan was agave (mescal). The only problem reported was alcohol and mescal bean addiction. The title, "Mescalero", refers to a heavy mescal drinker. Connell Waldron is played by former Trinity College (The Lir Academy) student Paul Mescal. Members of the genus are commonly known as mescalbean, mescal bean or frijolito. Filming locations included Arizona's Old Tucson Studios, and Mescal, Arizona. From there it linked up with Cooke's Wagon Road at a waterhole, near modern Mescal. Locations included Old Tucson Studios in Arizona and Mescal, 40 miles southeast of Tucson. It was shot on location in Mescal and Tucson, Arizona from January to June, 1995. Scenes involving Willie Nelson were filmed inside a saloon in Mescal on September 21, 1987. Men would also take an active role in the processing of mescal. In times of need and hunger, they depended on stored mescal for survival.