Industria Licorera Quezalteca

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Status:
Operational

Established:
1940

Visitor Policy:
Not generally accessible

Tel:
Not supplied

Address:
Quetzaltenango,
Guatemala

Industria Licorera Quezalteca was established in 1940 by the Botran family. Their rums are made using sugar cane from the South Coast of Guatemala and are aged in oak barrels stored in a warehouse at an altitude of 2,300 metres above sea level. The range includes 'Etiqueta Blanca - a three-year-old white rum, 'Ora' - a five-year-old gold rum and 'Añejo - a seven-year-old gold rum.

They make

Botran Solera 1893 Rum

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Named in honour of the birth year of the first Botran distilling family member, this is a blend of rums between 5 and 18 years-old, aged through a modified solera process employing...

Botran Reserva Rum

Botran Reserva Rum

Botran harvests sugar cane from a family estate in southern Guatemala, presses it and heats the juice to create virgin sugar cane 'honey', which it ferments, distils and ages...

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