Dry gin produced in San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, at La Insoportable Cervecería y Destilería • Maestro Destilador Andrés Valverde • Base spirit made from 100% sustainably sourced Mexican corn, distilled in Guadalajara • 32 total botanicals; traditional gin botanicals include juniper, coriander, angelica root, and licorice complemented by endemic botanicals featuring epazote, marigold, Mexican oregano, lime peel, damiana, and night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum) • Distilled using a 300-liter alembic copper pot still; botanicals are first macerated in corn distillate before they are vapor-infused via basket • Classic opening aromatics of juniper, citrus zest, and coriander are followed by palo santo, rosemary, and mango skin; the palate has a full, silky texture with delicately sweet notes of whole green apple underscored by woody tannin with pine resin, jasmine, and a subtle saline note of the seaside on the finish • Small batch production; each bottle is hand numbered and dated • 50% ABV
Conjuring feelings of forest, sea, and orchard all at once, this dry gin brings the structure one needs to a classic gin cocktail while imparting its own distinct character. Try in a dry Martini for a unique sensory experience but don’t stop there: Pair with Fino or Manzaniila sherry in bespoke mixtures, or with lush fruit-forward liqueurs or tonics to perfectly highlight this gin’s herbaceous tannin.
Originally from the small town of San Juan del Río in the state Querétaro, not far from Mexico City, master distiller Andrés Valverde began producing beverage alcohol (brewing beer) at the tender age of sixteen. Just a few years later, he evolved to distillation. After studying and apprenticing in Chicago, Andrés and his brother cofounded La Insoportable (meaning “the unbearable,” inspired by Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being) Brewery and Distillery to provide a brick-and-mortar HQ for exploring and experimenting with the liquid arts and culture of Mexico.
In 2017, Andrés finalized the recipe for Armónico (“Harmonic”) Gin, a gin that aims to marry his modern creative sensibilities, fascination with other spirits from around the world, and deeply idiosyncratic sense of Mexican heritage expressed through flavor and aroma.
Armónico is distilled using what’s referred to as the “multi-shot” process of gin or bitter production. Multiple distillations of distinct botanicals or botanical blends are made individually, allowing the distillers to achieve varying levels of concentration to use as components in a master blend that is the gin itself. Some are used in substantial volume; some are used as cautiously as seasoning.
Distilled on a 300-liter copper pot still using thirty-two botanicals (including many that are endemic only to Mexico), the finished 50% ABV (100-proof) Dry Mexican Gin is both compellingly unique and satisfyingly familiar. Armónico Gin was built to represent Mexico on the global stage of the world’s great gins.
Conjuring feelings of forest, sea, and orchard all at once, this dry gin brings the structure one needs to a classic gin cocktail while imparting its own distinct character. Try in a dry Martini for a unique sensory experience but don’t stop there: Pair with Fino or Manzaniila sherry in bespoke mixtures, or with lush fruit-forward liqueurs or tonics to perfectly highlight this gin’s herbaceous tannin.
Originally from the small town of San Juan del Río in the state Querétaro, not far from Mexico City, master distiller Andrés Valverde began producing beverage alcohol (brewing beer) at the tender age of sixteen. Just a few years later, he evolved to distillation. After studying and apprenticing in Chicago, Andrés and his brother cofounded La Insoportable (meaning “the unbearable,” inspired by Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being) Brewery and Distillery to provide a brick-and-mortar HQ for exploring and experimenting with the liquid arts and culture of Mexico.
In 2017, Andrés finalized the recipe for Armónico (“Harmonic”) Gin, a gin that aims to marry his modern creative sensibilities, fascination with other spirits from around the world, and deeply idiosyncratic sense of Mexican heritage expressed through flavor and aroma.
Armónico is distilled using what’s referred to as the “multi-shot” process of gin or bitter production. Multiple distillations of distinct botanicals or botanical blends are made individually, allowing the distillers to achieve varying levels of concentration to use as components in a master blend that is the gin itself. Some are used in substantial volume; some are used as cautiously as seasoning.
Distilled on a 300-liter copper pot still using thirty-two botanicals (including many that are endemic only to Mexico), the finished 50% ABV (100-proof) Dry Mexican Gin is both compellingly unique and satisfyingly familiar. Armónico Gin was built to represent Mexico on the global stage of the world’s great gins.
