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Editorial comparison of a generic wooden pulque-fermentation barrel and a modern blue plastic tub, shown as separate vessels in a plain room; the tinacal is the setting, not either vessel.
Equipment

Wood barrel and modern tub in a tinacal

Pulque fermentation may use a wooden barrel or a modern plastic or fibreglass tub. The tinacal is the room or place where the vessels stand, not a name for either container.

Tanks and vats
Central Mexican Plateau
Archival illustration of a cattle-hide pulque vat sagging into a timber frame over wooden trestles, shown holding cloudy pulque.
Equipment

Framed hide vat for pulque

A framed hide vat is cattle hide fixed around a timber frame and sagging into a basin. In a tinacal it holds aguamiel and its ferment as they become pulque; it is distinct from the room, the acocote and a carrying skin.

Skins and bladders
Central Mexico