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Mexico's growing craft tequila industry
Small-batch ultra premium tequilas are finding favor with customers across the U.S., and changing the way the tequila industry in Mexico operates.
- At Herradura the agave juice is sent through overhead pipes from the milling room into the fermentation room. The vats bubble and hiss during the fermentation process. When the liquid is "muerto" and no longer fermenting it is distilled. (Photo: Nathaniel Parish Flannery/Fox News Latino)read more
- Industrial producers such as Herradura use multiple stills to mass-produce millions of liters of tequila every year. Industrial production has helped Mexico increase tequila exports from 64.6 million liters in 1995 to 172 million in 2013. (Photo: Nathaniel Parish Flannery/Fox News Latino)read more
- Juan José Alonso, a production supervisor at Herradura samples a bottle of undiluted blanco, fresh from the distillation process. âIt has the flavor of cooked agave. Itâs 55 percent alcohol. We add water to dilute it,â he explained. (Photo: Nathaniel Parish Flannery/Fox News Latino)read more
- In the last few years consumers in both Mexico and the U.S. have started to embrace mezcal, a spirit made at small family-owned operations. Most producers use a horse-drawn stone to mill the agave and a wood-fire heated still to distill the final product. (Photo: Nathaniel Parish Flannery/Fox News Latino)read more
- U.S. consumers and bars have begun looking for small-batch tequilas that use traditional production processes. Guillermo Sauza, a fifth generation tequila maker, stands in front of a massive "tajona" milling stone in front of the distillery that produces his Fortaleza brand. (Photo: Nathaniel Parish Flannery/Fox News Latino)read more
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Mexico's growing craft tequila industry
Small-batch ultra premium tequilas are finding favor with customers across the U.S., and changing the way the tequila industry in Mexico operates.
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