The name "barril" comes from how the plant looks, as it is somewhat barrel shaped, it grows with a shorter stem or trunk below, with a rounder, fatter shape to its body but the same bold green bloom on top. This is a classic of the Agave Karwinskii family.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Made by Maestro Edgar Ángeles Carreño
Barril (Agave Karwinskii)
Age of the plant: 15 years
Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca, México
Roasted in truncated conical earthen oven
Fermented in open air sabino barrels with natural yeast using well water
Hand crushed using wooden mallets
Double-distilled in Filipino style clay pot still
52.2% ABV
119 liters produced
Rested in glass container for 8 months before bottling