The Butterfly Cannon Cristalino Silver Tequila

The Butterfly Cannon is the tequila brand of Elwyn Gladstone, the founder of Malfy gin, under Mark Teasdale's Biggar & Leith, named for the monarch butterflies that migrate from the US to Mexico, with the brand funding the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund and habitat projects in Mexico. It is made at Destiladora del Valle de Tequila from 100% blue Weber agave harvested by hand at seven to eight years old and cooked in steam ovens. The Cristalino Silver is the base of the range: the silver tequila is rested in oak casks for up to 30 days, long enough to round it out but not enough to count as a reposado, then charcoal filtered back to clear, and bottled at 40% ABV in a 750ml cork-sealed bottle. The brand calls it a fresh, crisp silver cristalino, and The Whisky Exchange's notes are pear, lime, orange and agave, which is a mixing profile rather than a sipping one. The house serve is the Cristalita: 40ml of the tequila with 20ml orange liqueur, two lime wedges, two lemon wedges and an orange wedge muddled and shaken, served up in a coupe with a lime slice and salt.

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