Colombia

An aguardiente of the guaro (drink)

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...

 type named Cristal is produced in Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

, Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 by Industria Licorera de Caldas. The Colombian brand is a guaro

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...

, which means it is made by distilling fermented sugar cane juice. It is the most imported label of guaro in the United States.

Ecuador

The Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

ian brand of aguardiente

Aguardiente

Aguardiente , aiguardent , aguardente , and augardente are generic terms for alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume...

 named Cristal is marketed on a national scale. Like its closest competitor, Zhumir

Zhumir

Zhumir Latin Spirit is an Ecuadorian brand of spirits, marketed on a national scale. Zhumir is often, incorrectly, referred to as Rum outside of Ecuador.-Origins:...

 it is sometimes, incorrectly, called rum

Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...

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Origins

Cristal is produced by Embotelladora Azuaya S.A. and has been offered for 45 years. however the tradition of making and bottling aguardiente in the valleys of the province of Azuay goes back much further. As with Zhumir, Cristal grows the cane for its product in Azuay, and has its headquarters in Cuenca

Cuenca, Ecuador

Cuenca is the capital of the Azuay Province. It is located in the highlands of Ecuador at about 2500 m above sea level...

. The brand name Cristal refers to the complete clarity of the original aguardiente, which is visually indistinguishable from pure water

Water

Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...

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Flavours

Cristal, in order to remain competitive, offers a number of flavours of aguardiente in additional to four types of the traditional flavourless variety.

Cristal Clasico - triple filtered, dry, flavourless aguardiente, 84 proof

Proof (alcohol)

Alcohol proof is a measure of how much alcohol is contained in an alcoholic beverage. The term was originally used in the United Kingdom and was defined as 7/4 times the alcohol by volume . The UK now uses the abv standard instead of alcohol proof. In the United States, alcoholic proof is defined...

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Cristal Suave - triple filtered, dry, flavourless aguardiente, 64 proof.

Cristal Seco - triple filetered, ultra-dry, flavourless aguardiente, 68 proof.

Cristal Seco Suave - triple filtered, ultra-dry, flavourless aguardiente, 56 proof.

Cristal Durazno - peach

Peach

The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...

 flavoured, semi-dry aguardiente, 40 proof.

Cristal Naranja - orange

Orange (fruit)

An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....

 flavoured, semi-dry aguardiente, 48 proof.

Cristal Limon - lime

Lime (fruit)

Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus fruits, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and containing sour and acidic pulp. Limes are a good source of vitamin C. Limes are often used to accent the flavors of foods and...

 flavoured, semi-dry aguardiente, 40 proof.

In addition, Cristal offers four flavours of sparkling aguardiente coolers under the brand name "C by Cristal"

Original - a sparkling, exotic-fruit cocktail flavoured cooler, 10 proof.

Sexy Apple - a sparkling, green apple

Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

 flavoured cooler, 10 proof.

Fashion Orange - a sparkling, sweet orange

Orange (fruit)

An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....

flavoured cooler, 10 proof.

Xtreme Wild - a sparkling cooler with what the company describes as a "Wild" flavour, 10 proof.