Agave tequilana planting these shoots; this has led to a considerable loss of genetic diversity in cultivated blue agave. It is rarely kept as a houseplant, but a 50-year-old blue agave in Boston grew a stalk requiring a hole in the greenhouse roof and flowered in the summer of 2006. Tequila is made only from a specific cultivar of "Agave tequilana" called 'Weber Azul'. This cultivar is larger and blue-gray in color compared to the smaller and green normal "A. tequilana". It is a rapid grower and prolific offsetter in keeping with its agricultural advantages. Tequila is produced by removing the heart
Non-alcoholic drink as are some yogurts and rye bread. Ethanol distillation is used to separate alcoholic drinks into what are advertised as non-alcoholic drinks and spirits; distilled wine produces low alcohol wine and brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch "brandewijn", "burning wine"), distilled beer may be used to produce low-alcohol beer and whisky. However alcoholic drinks cannot be further purified to 0.00% alcohol by volume by distillation. In fact, most drinks labeled non-alcoholic contain 0.5% ABV as it is more profitable than distilling it to 0.05% ABV often found in products sold by companies specializing in non-alcoholic drinks. Alcohol is legal in