| Producer | Alambique Serrano |
| Country | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Style | Rum |
| Sku | 09657 |
| Size | 700ml |
Aquardiente (aka firewater) is a traditional spirit made with anything from fruit, tubers, and grain. In sugarcane-producing countries, true aguardiente is a clear, cheap, strong rum that gets none of the fancy barrel-aging. Building on traditions begun by German immigrant Max Krassel back in 1917, brothers Isidoro, Rommel, William, and Axel Krassel Peralta craft a variety of sugarcane spirits in the remote mountainous village of Santa María Tlalixtac in Oaxaca. You would be correct to remember that this is Mezcal country, but rum is produced in both Michoacán and Oaxaca. The family named this open pine-vat fermented, high-proof, un-aged rum after Cartier, the old measuring scale for alcohol, and it's as wild as expected, with lots of indigenous funky notes and brine ideally suited for multi-rum cocktails or Caipirinhas. 140 proof!
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