The date of 1861 in the name signifies the year Pedro Camarena Ramírez was born, who went on to found the first Tequila distillery in Arandas which was lost to a fire in the Mexican Revolution. All that remains of the original distillery is the heavy stone tahona now on display at El Pandillo. Felipe Camarena, invited the great-great-grandson of Pedro to reconnect with his origins in Tequila, and thus Primo 1861 was born.

NOM: 1579 / Destileria El Pandillo
Location: Jesus Maria, Los Altos, Jalisco
Agave: Los Altos
Cooking: Stone Clay Oven
Milling: Mechanical Tahona
Fermentation: Open air stainless steel tanks and wooden tanks without fibers
Distillation: Copper Pot Stills