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Sebastian Gomez, Träkál: Day Journey


“It’s a wild, fantastical place,” Sebastian Gomez says of his adopted house of Patagonia, Chile. Initially from Argentina, the founder and head distiller of Träkál lived within the U.Okay. and U.S. earlier than he moved to a distant nook of Patagonia. His objective? To take his ardour for spirits and distill one thing that captures the huge landscapes of the area. In 2017, he debuted his preliminary run of 1,000 circumstances of Träkál, a singular spirit distilled from indigenous fruits and infused with herbs and botanicals from Patagonian forests. Neither a gin nor a brandy, Träkál occupies its personal class within the U.S. authorities’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Commerce Bureau (TTB) classification system. Right here, Gomez shares a glimpse into his fiercely impartial operation.

7 a.m.

I stand up and begin puttering round with my two canines. I make myself tea and eggs, give the canines a chunk to eat, then examine my emails and stroll them round for a bit earlier than I head out.

8:30 a.m.

I drive my truck over to the gala’s in Río Bueno and Río Negro, Chile, to see what fruit is being provided. “I’ll take something that appears like an apple or a pear,” I inform the farmers. All the things that goes into Träkál is sourced inside 100 sq. miles of our water supply, so creating relationships with farmers within the space is essential.

11 a.m.

I take all the things I purchased on the gala’s in my truck and drive over to the distillery. There’s a pair throughout the road from Träkál who’ve a cidery and assist us press our fruit generally, so I drop it off there.

Midday

I arrive on the distillery and style the primary distillations of the day with Danny [Daniel Vergara Levican, the distillery lead]. Danny and I met years in the past. He was engaged on a roofing challenge close by. I requested if he wished to study one thing new, and he mentioned, “I at all times wish to study one thing new.” I believed that was simply the right reply. Danny’s spouse, Tammy [Tamara Carriel], works with us, too, as the executive lead. The three of us constructed the distillery from the bottom up. I’m honored to have them as companions.

1 p.m.

I’m at my desk within the distillery coordinating distribution, writing advertising supplies, and strategizing concerning the new merchandise we’re engaged on. My dad calls, too, simply to see what I’m as much as [laughs].

1:30 p.m.

We break for lunch. It’s all family-style, not like ordering from a restaurant: An older woman within the space cooks one thing in her kitchen and comes by along with her pots. Danny, Tammy, and I eat with whoever else is on the distillery that day.

2:30 p.m.

I’m again in my workplace on the cellphone and answering emails. I’m working with a Chilean ministry to attempt to create an agricultural innovation fund. There’s a lot fruit right here, and reasonably than letting it go to waste, I wish to increase cash for cellular fermenting and cellular distilling gear so extra individuals can get within the sport. I’m additionally writing a curriculum for Universidad de los Lagos, a public college in Patagonia, on methods to be a distiller. I wish to encourage different individuals to do that, to start out their very own companies.

4 p.m.

A gaggle of bartenders and servers from native eating places come to tour the distillery. We present them what we’re doing, how the stills work, and all the things that goes into making Träkál.

6 p.m.

Danny and I shut up the distillery for the day, and I examine my WhatsApp messages. One of many bartenders at all times forgets to put an order and desires extra Träkál immediately. I’ve a couple of circumstances in my truck, so I drop off some bottles on my method house. I don’t thoughts doing it. You don’t keep on menus very lengthy for those who don’t preserve your product in your accounts.



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