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The presence of our Mezcal in the northern region of the state of Guerrero —and the surrounding areas of Morelos and Mexico— dates from, at least, six generations of the Figueroa Family.
Combined for many years with other activities, among them the sowing of cane and the production of rum, the manufacture of mezcal is result of perpetuating local traditions, heirs of our prehispanic roots, of Mexico and the universe of maguey and pulque, and at the same time of Spain, the distillation and the Arabs.
The brothers Ricardo and Francisco, later Don Amado and Don Margarito, and in more recent times, Don Ricardo, —always by the hand of Florentina, Doña Isidora, Aunt Ema, Aunt Gabina and Doña Ilse— are some of our ancestors, whose effort has transformed the mezcal, from being a complementary activity, through the periods of persecution and the fearsome tax inspections that visit us since the 1940s, by a careful and measured modernization, until making it our passion, and a dream in constant process of materialization.
Today, Mezcal Amaxak is the heir of this legacy, in whose history are interlaced names —such as Mezcal Figueroa and Mezcal El Platanar—, and places —such as El Milagro, Pilcaya, El Despoblado or El Platanar—, perpetuating the family tradition, and being elaborated since, at least, 1875 in the Factory of Mezcal El Refugio.