Raicilla factory and Showroom

A few months ago when Elke had a friend down from up north we piled in the car with Marcos for a trip to Tenacatita and to also check out Bill's lot in Aguas Caliente which is on the old Tenacatita road. Bill's place was totally over grown so the fotos were ineffective.

Off we headed for the beach and found the Raicilla distillery open in El Rebalsito and none of us had taken the tour. Really a neat setup with the whole process on display even though they don't make the liquor there. The display is more primitive than that actually used. They also tell you the difference between Green Agave grown on the coast and Blue Agave grown in the highlands. This is supposedly the Agave used to make Raicilla (a type of mezcal).

After tasting the free samples we were off to a day on the best beach on the Costalegre

Raicilla factory

Raicilla factory guide

Tasting the free samples

El Rebalsito near Tenacatita

Rebalsito is the last small town on the road to Tenacatita - about 3 kilometers from the beach. Very quiet usually unless the school band is marching up the main street. There is a hotel or two and a few stores. There is a nice looking little distillery on the edge of town that claims to make/sell Tequila and Raicilla but nobody I talk to knows much about it. Beach vendors that live in town will push their carts to the beach on that narrow road so watch you don't run over them. There is one bus a day to Rebalsito from Melaque - you'll find the schedule below.

El Rebalsito/Tenacatita bus schedule
El Rebalsito/Tenacatita to Barra, Melaque and Cihuatlan return, departs El Rebalsito at 07:00 return from Barra and Melaque around 17:00.