REAL MINERO 2020 BARRIL | 350 ML

This bottle stands out with its black label which indicates the agaves were hand-mashed with a mazo and canoa (wooden mallet) before fermentation. This process is not only time consuming but can also be hard on the body. This is why only a small percentage of Real Minero batches are produces this way.

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.

The 119 litres of this small batch production was rested in glass for 8 months before bottling and distribution.

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