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NIXTA LICOR DE ELOTE

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Category:

Liqueurs

ABV:

30.0%

Country:

Mexico

Nixta Licor de Elote is a Mexican corn liqueur made from a base of tender, ancestral cacahuazintle.

Source:

Cahuazintle Corn

Cooking method:

The grains are separated, undergo a roasting process. Kernels are cooked with quicklime and left to rest for 12 hours.

Fermentation:

Adding a select yeast for a period of more than 120 hours.

TASTING NOTES

Intense straw with golden highlights. In the nose cornbread, toasted corn, vanilla and caramel. In the mouth notes of sweet corn perfectly balanced with toasted notes of roasted corn, vanilla and caramel.