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Nixtamalisation in Mexican whisky

The Abasolo production account describes Cacahuazintle corn prepared through nixtamalisation, a fermentation stage exceeding 120 hours, and two copper-still distillations. These are producer-reported parameters, not a claim that the flavour can be deduced from them.

Illustrative archive photograph, not original evidence
Maize variety
Cacahuazintle
Fermentation
More than 120 hours
Distillation
Twice in copper stills

The Abasolo production account describes Cacahuazintle corn prepared through nixtamalisation, a fermentation stage exceeding 120 hours, and two copper-still distillations. These are producer-reported parameters, not a claim that the flavour can be deduced from them.

Primary evidence

Abasolo — original producer process description

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