Baruch Atah Ay Dios Mio! Kosher Tequila Para Cinco De Mayo!

That's right! Kosher tequila!

We actually weren't aware that tequila, made from an agave plant (parev), was specifically non-kosher, but New York businessman Martin Silver did, and I rectified the problem with Agave 99.

Silver's company is producing half million cases of the 99-proof kosher tequila at a Mexican plant using methods certified by a rabbi. It will retail for the fancypants price of $41.95 a bottle.



Silver, president of Long Island-based Star Industries, says he wants to satisfy the craze for high-end tequila with one that observant Jews can drink — "to help the Mexican economy and the Jews." Help the Jews with what? Help the Jews have more one-night stands? Throw up in more public places? Create more regrettable sexy dance moves on the bar at Señor Frogs? Help Jews wake up the next morning only to discover that they've bought a $400 sword on EBay? Not like that's happened to us...

But we digress — the official product launch — with Mexican songs sung in Yiddish and Spanish — is set for today, Cinco De Mayo, but has been selling since before Passover, because Elijah loves doing body shots.