Komos Tequila Añejo Cristalino

A clear Añejo Tequila aged in French White Wine barrels and oxygenated in greek amphora.

Richard Betts is up to his old tricks — creating premium Spirits, specifically Tequilas. He has the taste buds for the job. He was the youngest person ever to pass the super-duper “Court of Master Sommeliers” exam. And after working in the Wine and hospitality industry he founded Sombra Tequila and Astral Tequila brands — which is sold, doing very well for himself int he process. And he has taken those funds and reapplied them to a new Tequila venture — Komos. The brand sits under his Casa Komos Brands Group )CKBG), so we think he’s got more great stuff coming our way.

Normally, one of the ways you tell if a Spirit has been aged in wood is by the color. Some companies use artificial colors to give the impression that the drink in the glass is a bit older than it actually is. This is the way things are done in the Spirits business.

Komos Tequila Añejo Cristalino messes with this paradigm. It is a 100% pure, Weber blue agave Tequila. And instead of agin in ex-Bourbon casks like everybody else, they age their Tequila in French White Wine barrels for a full twelve months — and that’s pretty unique right there. But then they slowly drip the aged Tequila through a charcoal-filled column to — get this — make it smoother and remove all the color in the process. And THEN they put it is HUGE Grecian clay amphoras and roll them around to oxygenate the Spirit.