La Cofradía
A family tequila company in Tequila with a distillery, a hotel with rooms built as barrels, restaurants and a ceramics workshop. Visitors can tour the distillery or take part in single steps of production.
Book on the distillery's siteReserve by WhatsApp
The WhatsApp button opens a chat with the distillery at the number on its own site. The message is in Spanish and asks the distillery to reply in English. The distillery confirms the booking, not this site.
| Drink | Tequila |
|---|---|
| Where | Tequila, Jalisco |
| Directions | Open in Google Maps |
| Hours | Distillery tour daily, every hour from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM |
| Tours | 8 experiences, from $12 |
| Booking | Book ahead |
| Stay | Matices Hotel de Barricas, on the La Cofradía grounds, has themed rooms built as barrels and casitas; room rates include breakfast, the distillery tour and a tasting. |
| Checked | Facts taken from the distillery's site, 2026-10-05 How facts are checked |
Visit
| Experience | Price | Length | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vive la Experiencia de la Fabricación | MXN 390 (about $21) with tasting and margarita; MXN 550 (about $30) with a blanco, reposado and añejo tasting (2024 price list) | not listed | Tour of the production process that turns the agave heart into tequila, ending with a tasting and a margarita. |
| Tour de los Sentidos | MXN 650 (about $36) per person; minimum 4 (2024 price list); 7:00 PM; book 24 hours ahead | 60 min | Night tour of the distillery focused on the senses, with a blanco, reposado and añejo tasting and a margarita. |
| Cata de Tequila | MXN 500 (about $27) per person; minimum 2 (2024 price list) | not listed | Guided tasting of 100% agave blancos, reposados and añejos. |
| ¿Has Jimado? | MXN 220 (about $12) per person; minimum 4 (2024 price list); 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM | not listed | Harvest agave yourself in the fields. |
| Vamos a Fermentar | MXN 390 (about $21) per person (2024 price list); Monday to Saturday | not listed | Watch and control open fermentation in a working production area. |
| Destilando Juntos | MXN 390 (about $21) per person (2024 price list); Monday to Saturday | not listed | Take part in distillation and the cuts of heads, hearts and tails. |
| Crea tu Propio Tequila | MXN 650 (about $36) per person (2024 price list); Monday to Saturday | not listed | Take part in filtering and oxygenating the tequila. |
| Explora Tequila tour por la ciudad | MXN 350 (about $19) | not listed | Tourist tram around the town of Tequila, every hour from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. |
Book by phone on +52 374 742 6800 (extensions 100, 102, 132, 203, 204) or by WhatsApp from the site; most activities need booking the day before by 4:00 PM.
Stay
Matices Hotel de Barricas, on the La Cofradía grounds, has themed rooms built as barrels and casitas; room rates include breakfast, the distillery tour and a tasting. Rooms
Buy
Boutique La Cava on site; restaurants La Taberna del Cofrade and La Catrina.
Own a piece
- Diseña tu Botella. Decorate your own ceramic tequila bottle in the Arte en Fuego workshop, MXN 1,200 (2024 price list). Firing takes at least 15 days; shipping is within Mexico only.
Classes
- Vamos a Fermentar
- Destilando Juntos
- Crea tu Propio Tequila
- Cata de Tequila
Taking it home
The painted bottle from Diseña tu Botella is fired after the visit and shipped within Mexico only, at extra cost; there is no shipping abroad.
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