Columpio - Trans-Americas Journey

Here are some more pictures from Tequila including our visit to the massive Jose Cuervo distillery (Mundo Cuervo) as well as the tiny Columpio distillery for a look at both extremes of tequila making.

The Jose Cuervo crow. In case you hadn’t figured it out, cuervo means crow in Spanish.

La Cava de la Reserva de la Familia holds the cream of the crop at Cuerco. This is where the Family de la Reserva lable is aged in oak barrels. Additionally, the Cava holds some REALLY old Tequila, part of the families private stash.

La Cava de la Reserva de la Familia holds the cream of the crop at the Jose Cuervo distillery. This is where the delicious Family de la Reserva is aged in oak barrels. Additionally, the Cava holds some REALLY old tequila, part of the family's private stash.

A Jimador makes the not so easy job od harvesting the agave look easy.

A jimador makes the not-so-easy job of harvesting the blue agave look easy.

Fields of agave surround the town of Tequila.

Fields of blue agave surround the town of Tequila.

Things are on a different scale at the small, basic Columpio distillery. They even cook there agave with fire in the oven shown here, as opposed to steam at the larger distilleries. This leads to a completely different smell and flavor to the tequila.

Things are on a different scale at the small-scale Columpio distillery where they cook their agave with fire in the oven shown here, as opposed to steaming it as the larger distilleries do. This gives Columpio tequila a distinctive smoky, firey smell and flavor.