Cacique Guaro
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Cacique Guaro is brand of guaro
produced by Fábrica Nacional de Licores or "FANAL". The Cacique Guaro is a sugar cane liquor of high purity and is the best selling distilled spirit in Costa Rica. It's known as "Costa Rica liqueur". As it has a neutral taste, guaro can be consumed pure or combined with any natural or artificial mixing.
s. Indeed, since 1853 FANAL produces guaro that sold in barrels by then called Liquor Agencies. In turn, they placed it in bars and other outlets in the same containers that clients provide. The alcohol content of liquor was 35º.
FANAL appeared to defend the population's consumption of liquor with a high content of harmful impurities and toxic elements produced in the underground. At the wide acceptance of its drink, since August 1980, FANAL decided to market the liquor in a one liter glass bottle with a low ABV of 30º and since then is sold under the name of Guaro Cacique. Currently, to please all consumers, Cacique is also available in 750 ml (glass) and 365 ml (plastic) bottles.
FANAL produces and uses in its beverages a licensed ethyl alcohol that is intended for drinking, ensuring high purity, as well as water used in their manufacture, which ensures both the quality of the product and its legitimacy.
Fanal produces two guaro products known as Guaro Cacique (with a red label) and Cacique Superior (with black label); the latter of which is 35 abv/70 proof. Its design is based on strict quality control with high purity rubbing alcohol and subjected to further purification, in which the liquor is filtered through activated carbon to increase its purity and perfect its aroma.
. That alcohol passes into the distillate area where it begins his preparation, through columns whose primary function is to purify vinasse. Once purified, the alcohol is passed to the storage area.
Guaro (drink)
This page is about the drink, for other uses, see GuaroGuaro is the name of a kind of liquor in many places in South and Central America. It is a clear liquor made from sugar cane, and has a slightly sweeter taste than comparable liquors...
produced by Fábrica Nacional de Licores or "FANAL". The Cacique Guaro is a sugar cane liquor of high purity and is the best selling distilled spirit in Costa Rica. It's known as "Costa Rica liqueur". As it has a neutral taste, guaro can be consumed pure or combined with any natural or artificial mixing.
History
Since its inception in 1853 the National Liquor Factory sold the liquor, a liquor of high purity product of sugar cane. However, starting in 1980 "Cacique" is used to refer to the liquors of the TicoTico
Tico is a colloquial term for a native of Costa Rica. The plural form is ticos.Costa Ricans are usually referred to as ticos by themselves and persons of other Spanish-speaking countries, instead of using the more-formal costarricense. Some dictionaries show the formal name as costarricenses.There...
s. Indeed, since 1853 FANAL produces guaro that sold in barrels by then called Liquor Agencies. In turn, they placed it in bars and other outlets in the same containers that clients provide. The alcohol content of liquor was 35º.
FANAL appeared to defend the population's consumption of liquor with a high content of harmful impurities and toxic elements produced in the underground. At the wide acceptance of its drink, since August 1980, FANAL decided to market the liquor in a one liter glass bottle with a low ABV of 30º and since then is sold under the name of Guaro Cacique. Currently, to please all consumers, Cacique is also available in 750 ml (glass) and 365 ml (plastic) bottles.
FANAL produces and uses in its beverages a licensed ethyl alcohol that is intended for drinking, ensuring high purity, as well as water used in their manufacture, which ensures both the quality of the product and its legitimacy.
Fanal produces two guaro products known as Guaro Cacique (with a red label) and Cacique Superior (with black label); the latter of which is 35 abv/70 proof. Its design is based on strict quality control with high purity rubbing alcohol and subjected to further purification, in which the liquor is filtered through activated carbon to increase its purity and perfect its aroma.
Origin of the Name
The name Cacique reflects the combination of several situations:- An alcoholic beverage rooted in the idiosyncrasies of the Ticos that main raw material is sugar cane,
- An excavation made by the National MuseumMuseo Nacional de Costa RicaThe Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras, in the Bellavista Fortress, a crenallated, ochre colored building opposite the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica...
discovered the largest known indigenous settlement to date in the canton of GreciaGreciaGrecia translated means Greece, the country.Grecia is the capital city of the canton of Grecia in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city. The district of Grecia covers an area of 6.86 km², and has a population of 15,457...
, that was between 1977 and 1980 on land currently occupied by FANAL. - The liquor was and remains the leading product in FANAL bill and as such, was associated with the name Cacique, that the indigenous society refers to the leader of the tribe.
- Sometimes it called "Cuatro Plumas", the four feathered Indian Cacique on the label.
- Even though the real name is "Guaro Cacique", people in Costa Rica just call it "Guaro" or " Cacicón".
Production Process
The process of making this product begins with the raw material called pre-processed alcohol, which FANAL receives mainly from mills in the area of GuanacasteGuanacaste Province
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica located in the northwestern part of the country, along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. To the north it borders Nicaragua. To the east is the Alajuela Province, and to the southeast is the Puntarenas Province. It is the most sparsely populated of all the...
. That alcohol passes into the distillate area where it begins his preparation, through columns whose primary function is to purify vinasse. Once purified, the alcohol is passed to the storage area.
Bottling
- The end product is received in the machines that handle fillers to complete the filling.
- A capping machine mechanically placed caps on the containers.
- A machine adheres the label according to the presentation.
- Finally, a machine deposits the glass or plastic bottles in plastic crates or cardboard for referral to the storage and shipped area.
Storage and Shipped
The final product is stored in two warehouses called "Liquor Fine Winery" and "Common Spirits Cellar", before being released for customer trucks or FANAL's own, which will transport the finished product to customer proprietary or vendors.Types
- Cacique Guaro (bottled with a red label, 365 ml, 750 ml and 1000)
- Superior Cacique Guaro (bottled with a black label, 365 ml and 750 ml only)
- Roncolorado (bottled with a yellow label, 365 ml and 1000)
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