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 Ăngeles 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