Cachaca Cachaca 51 1 L
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About this bottle
Cachaça 51 is Brazil's best-known cachaça, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice and bottled unaged, which keeps its profile bright, grassy, and slightly vegetal rather than sweet or oaky. Produced by Companhia Müller de Bebidas since the 1950s, it's the cachaça most bartenders reach for by default when building a Caipirinha, prized for being clean and consistent rather than showy. Expect a light sugarcane sweetness up front with a sharp, herbal cut and a dry finish—closer in spirit to a good silver rum crossed with unaged agricole than to a flavored spirit. It's an everyday, reliable bottle built for mixing rather than sipping, and it's the reference point most other cachaças get measured against.
How to drink Cachaça 51
Muddle it with lime and sugar for a proper Caipirinha—that's the drink this bottle exists for, and it doesn't need much else. Served neat it's rough around the edges, so save it for cocktails rather than sipping.
Specs
80.0 proof
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Questions about this bottle
What's the classic way to drink cachaça?
Almost always in a Caipirinha—muddled lime, sugar, and cachaça over crushed ice—since unaged cachaça is built for mixing rather than sipping neat.
Is Cachaça 51 aged?
No, it's an unaged (silver) cachaça, so the profile stays bright and grassy rather than picking up barrel sweetness or color.
How is cachaça different from rum?
Cachaça is distilled specifically from fresh sugarcane juice in Brazil, giving it a grassier, more herbal character than most rum, which is typically made from molasses.
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