TUTSI
TUTSI
Tutsi is the agave spirit from the Wizradikan people. They are a Pre-Hispanic society from the very remote parts of northern Jalisco.
MAESTRO
Don Rafael Carrillo Pizano
MAGUEY (AGAVE)
Masparillo (A. Guadalarajana)
VILLAGE
Tatei Kie, La Guayaba
OVEN / FUEL
Tiny earthen pit / black oak
MILL
By hand with mallet
FERMENT
Wild fermented in hollowed out rock (with bagasso)
DISTILLATION
1x in copper and tree trunk with external condenser (with bagasso)
NOTES
Aroma – bbq brisket, stewed fruit
Taste – mint, cooked plums
Texture – fresh and bold with a velvet finish
ABV
Varies by batch
Harvest
These agave are harvested with machetes.
Cook
Tutsi uses a tiny horno! And it is not stone lined like most earthen ovens.
Agave
Batch one of Tutsi featured Agave Masparillo. Batch two was Agave Mai, which is pictured here.
Mill
Everyone grab a machete and start chopping!
Ferment
Don Rafael uses a carved out a depression in rock and uses it to hold the ferment.
Distill
This Tutsi is distilled a single time through this tree still.
