Ingredients
A maceration of wild herbs gathered in the high interior of Gran Canaria — the range of bottlings is named for altitude, with each expression tied to the elevation band where its plants grow.
- ✦Wild mountain thyme
- ✦Rosemary
- ✦Canarian mint (poleo)
- ✦Sage
- ✦Fennel
- ✦Chamomile
- ✦Eucalyptus
- ✦Citrus peel
History of the Brand
The Canary Islands have their own herb-liqueur tradition, closer to Iberian licor de hierbas than to Italian amaro, built on plants gathered in the volcanic uplands rather than imported roots and barks.
Agala takes that tradition and organises it by altitude: each bottling in the range carries the elevation, in metres, of the terrain its botanicals come from, with 1175 sitting in the mid-mountain band of Gran Canaria's interior.
The house style is aromatic rather than punishing — herbal and lightly sweet, meant as an after-dinner pour in the island's guachinches and restaurants.
Off-island it remains a specialist bottle, mostly found through Spanish importers and Canarian shops, and increasingly used by bartenders looking for a Mediterranean herbal note that is neither Chartreuse nor Fernet.
Tasting Characteristics
Thyme and rosemary, wild mint and a little orange blossom.
Soft and rounded, honeyed herbs over a green scrubland note, with fennel and chamomile behind.
Clean and cooling, drying gently into mint and eucalyptus.
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How to serve it
- 01Chilled and neat after dinner, the Canarian way.
- 02Over ice with a twist of lemon as a long, low-proof digestivo.
- 03Topped with soda and mint for a herbal highball.
- 04As a half-ounce lift in a gin sour, in place of a herbal liqueur.
Where to Get It
Widely available in the Canary Islands; elsewhere it turns up through Spanish specialists and online importers.
Canarian shops
Stocked across Gran Canaria and Tenerife at local prices.
Spanish online retailers
Ship the 700ml bottle across the EU for €20–€30.
Specialist bottle shops
Look on the Iberian liqueur shelf rather than with the Italian amari.
Where to buy Agala Altitud 1175
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Agala Altitud 1175 FAQ
What is Agala Altitud 1175?
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A herbal liqueur from Gran Canaria made by macerating wild mountain herbs, named for the altitude in metres at which those botanicals are gathered.
Is Agala an amaro?
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Not in the Italian sense — it belongs to the Iberian licor de hierbas family, aromatic and only lightly bitter.
How do you drink Agala 1175?
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Chilled and neat after a meal, over ice with lemon, or lengthened with soda and mint.