
El Guapo
We like to say we manufacture “everything but the booze”. El Guapo bitters, syrups and mixers are made with love in the capital of cocktails – New Orleans, Louisiana.
We use the highest quality raw materials we can get our hands on to create the best elixirs possible. We regularly source from regional farmers (some are even family members!) And, we work with the best spice importers in the business.
El Guapo entire product line is non-GMO (certification pending) and there aren’t any weird ingredients in our bottles or on our labels. No words you cannot pronounce, flavors, colors, extracts, essences, high-fructose corn syrup, soy, gluten, yadda yadda yadda. El Guapo syrups and mixers are made with cane sugar. El Guapobitters are no-sugar added and vegan, too!
All of El Guapo products are alcohol free.
We also live on the front lines of climate change. With hurricanes, flash floods, abnormal summer heat waves and other weather patterns regularly affecting New Orleans, we understand the need for sustainable practices. We want to be as green as possible. El Guapo labels are made from recycled craft paper. We bottle 100% of our products in glass and hand dip every bottle in wax instead of using plastic tear tape to cut down on single use plastics. El Guapo CEO, Christa Cotton, is also on the board of Glass Half Full, our local glass recycling company and non-profit. One audacious end goal is to turn recycled glass into new glass bottles locally and while that is a long way from reality, these are the types of ideas we’re thinking about and working towards every day.
But quality is about more than activism and ingredients (though we certainly go above and beyond in pursuit of excellence in those departments). To us, quality also extends to how, where, and why we do what we do. We believe in good things made right, in a place that we love, by people who care deeply about what they’re doing and who they’re doing it for. Quality is being a part of your lives, adding flavor to your celebrations, and making our dreams come true in the process. Quality of product. Quality of purpose. Quality of life.
