My stepson Jeff and his wife Debbie are visiting so we hired Miguel (of round pyramid fame) to drive us to Amatitan (near Tequila) for a Herradura tequila distillery tour. Thought you might find the very complicated process interesting, from countryside on the way to the final tasting. The final bottle they sampled was a $500 a bottle premium bottle. Egah! I was on antibiotics so couldn’t sample.
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Extinct volcanos dotted the scenery on the way to Amatitan andTequila.
Blue agave by side of road.
Countryside on the way to tequila country.
Our greeter.
Every establishment needs a resident cat.
I’m not sure whether this was a joke or meant to be taken literally. Since the bottles can only be washed out with tequila, the tequila that is used for such purposes is used as fuel in other parts of the process, so perhaps it really can be used as automobile fuel as well. The guide didn’t think so, but had never noticed this sign either, so who knows? Further Google research yielded this information: Search Results Featured snippet from the web A fuel made from the main ingredient of tequila could one day be used to power your car across the country, according to new research. … Professor Tan said the research showed agave had some ‘significant advantages’ over existing sources of bioethanol such as sugarcane and corn.
Found art.
Chopping the spines off the agave.
Kiln
Smoked agave.
Chewed smoked agave. Very sweet.
Vats for aing the agave brew.
Pipes for the distilling process
heating and cooling coils.
Those who buy a $15,000 keg get to sign these kegs in the wall of the old distillery.
All lined up for the tasting.
We learn the right way to “appreciate” tequila
Silver Tequila
Premium tequila, $500 a bottle.
Debbie checks the legs of the $500 a bottle tequila.
And tastes, and likes!!!
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