Feb. 2019: Destileria Casa de Piedra, El Arenal, Jalisco. Front of the main building where production occurs.
Feb. 2019: View of the front of the production building.
Feb. 2019: Stone/brick oven cooking agave for Chamucos Tequila.
Feb. 2019: Stone/brick oven cooking agave for Chamucos Tequila.
Feb. 2019: After agaves are cooked, they go through this shredder before they enter the roller mill.
Feb. 2019: A small roller mill is used for all tequilas produced here.
Feb. 2019: A small roller mill is used for all tequilas produced here.
Feb. 2019: A small roller mill is used for all tequilas produced here.
Feb. 2019: Juices from the roller mill are collected in a tank, while the agave fibers are passed outside where trucks can cart them away.
Feb. 2019: Juices are then pumped into the area where fermentation is done.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: Classical music is played to excite the yeast during fermentation.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: Fermentation is done in 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks.
Feb. 2019: A 5,000 liter dilution tank sits between the fermentation area and the distillation area.
Feb. 2019: Electrical boxes (that we thought made a fun picture.)
Feb. 2019: After passing through a stainless steel pot still, heads, tails are collected (left), and first pass "ordinario" is collected in the tank on the right.
Feb. 2019: Second pass, now officially "tequila", is collected in this 500 liter tank.
Feb. 2019: Hey, more collection tanks!
Feb. 2019: a view inside the second pass (tequila) collection tank.
Feb. 2019: Tequila storage tanks, where it rests before being bottled.
Feb. 2019: Tequila storage tanks, where it rests before being bottled.
Feb. 2019: Tequila storage tanks, where it rests before being bottled.
Feb. 2019: Tequila storage tanks, where it rests before being bottled.
Feb. 2019: The barrel rooms contain several different types of oak.
Feb. 2019: The barrel rooms contain several different types of oak. These are for Chamucos Tequila.
Feb. 2019: The barrel rooms contain several different types of oak. Here the CRT seal is visible.
Feb. 2019: The barrel rooms contain several different types of oak. These are for Chamucos Tequila.
Feb. 2019: The small bottling room can fill 6 bottles at a time.
Feb. 2019: The end of the line for the bottling process.
Feb. 2019: Bottles awaiting boxes.
Feb. 2019: Bottles waiting to be boxed up.
Feb. 2019: Boxed up and ready for pickup.