Guaro—Colombia’s national spirit–is making its way stateside.
, the first premium Colombian aguardiente sold in the U.S., Mendal hopes to establish the liquor as an American cocktail staple representative of his home country.
When considering the U.S. launch, Mendal knew he needed to rethink traditional Colombian aguardiente—a liquor with a name that loosely translates from Spanish to English as “fire water”—to fit the American palate. Classic aguardiente, distilled from cooked sugarcane, typically clocks in around 24 to 29% ABV, and is consumed unadulterated, from a shot glass. “Traditional aguardiente has a connotation of being very hard to swallow, as it burns your throat,” Mendal admits.
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