Frequently Asked Questions

Pícaro Gin is a Colombian Contemporary Dry Gin made in the Andean region of Colombia with eighteen botanicals, orchid and water from páramo springs. It is bottled at 40% ABV in a 700 ml presentation.

Pícaro is a Contemporary Dry Gin, with a dry profile, juniper as its structural layer and the spotlight on orchid and citrus from the Colombian Andean forest. Unlike a traditional London Dry, where juniper leads, here it holds the structure so the wider botanical world can come through.

It is the modern school of gin in which juniper moves from lead to structural support, leaving room for the botanicals that define each house. It keeps the dry profile of classic gin without juniper dominating it.

Three technical decisions. It is an orchid gin, a rare category worldwide. Its base water comes from páramo springs, an ecosystem found only in the tropical Andes. And each of its eighteen botanicals is distilled separately before blending, a method few houses practise.

Pícaro contains eighteen botanicals, seven of which are public: juniper, orchid, grapefruit, mandarin lime, pink pepper, elderberries and coffee cherry. The remaining eleven are house reserve.

Yes. Orchid is the floral and conceptual anchor of the spirit. It brings a floral note of defined, structured contour and refined character that carries the floral axis on the palate and the finish. Gins made with orchid are a rare category internationally.

A citrus-floral axis over a juniper base, with spiced and herbal support. The nose opens with sharp grapefruit citrus and a subtle floral sweetness without sugar. The palate is silky and medium-bodied, closing with a gentle warmth and a long floral finish.

40% ABV, in a 700 ml bottle.

In Colombia, high in the Andes. Its botanicals come from the Andean forest, from the páramo, the cloud forests and the tropical rainforest.

It is distilled in copper stills, in 150-litre micro-batches, at Andean altitude. Each botanical is treated on its own, with cold maceration, steam infusion or short contact depending on what it calls for, and distilled individually before the distillates are blended in proportions set by the house.

It is the technical signature of Pícaro Gin. Instead of macerating and distilling all botanicals together, as the traditional method does, each one is studied, extracted and distilled separately using the technique best suited to its character. The result reads as a single integrated identity rather than a sum of ingredients.

The páramo is an ecosystem unique to the tropical Andes, where water filters through frailejones and mosses. In Pícaro it is not a secondary component. Its purity and mineral content bring balance and texture, and shape part of the spirit's structure.

It is produced in 150-litre micro-batches, in copper stills, with every botanical worked separately. The process is manual and painstaking, built on rigorous technical control at each stage, and among the most demanding in the category.

A Silver Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2025, in its first entry into international competition. The panel judges blind, without knowing brand or origin.

In a Gin & Tonic, with ice to the brim, a Mediterranean-style tonic, a pink grapefruit wheel and a sprig of rosemary clapped between the palms to release its essence. It also holds up to slow tasting, where a single drop of water opens up its inner architecture.

A clean, Mediterranean-style tonic with low sugar, one that carries the spirit's citrus-floral core without covering it. Tonics with a dominant bitterness, like Indian tonic water, flatten the orchid instead of accompanying it.

Yes. It is made like the classic, in equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, with a single change. Pink grapefruit peel takes the place of orange and draws the bitterness toward the citrus side of the spirit.

Pícaro Gin is ordered through our WhatsApp line in Bogotá, +57 324 525 8297, which delivers across the city and ships nationwide. The lines for each city are listed in the Find Us section.

For now Pícaro Gin is available only in Colombia. The house is working to bring it to other latitudes and shares each step through its channels. For distribution, import or export enquiries, the contact is comercial@casaduque.co.

The name comes from the curiosity and restless spirit that led the house to travel Colombia in search of something worth distilling. That journey reached the Páramo del Duende, one of the most remote corners of the Andes, where a cunning, mischievous and quick duende is said to guard the secrets of the natural sanctuary. That mischief gave the gin its name.

Pícaro Gin is a brand of Casa Duque, a Colombian house of spirits and hospitality.