The producer's history begins in 1912 in José de Melo, today Nova União, Minas Gerais. The founder, Sérgio Caetano, began producing it in the farm's small still for his own consumption, as his parents did. The Germana brand was inspired by a nun of the same name, who attracted numerous pilgrims to the Serra da Piedade Sanctuary, in Caeté, at the beginning of the 19th century. They sought healing with medicines based on cachaça and herbs. In 1988, the ten Caetano brothers, now shareholders of the Germana Group, participated in the leadership of the Minas Gerais Association of Quality Cachaça Producers (ANPAQ), a project that began in Minas Gerais and extended throughout Brazil. From the beginning, the objective of this project has been to give cachaça the same status as all distilled drinks in the world. In order for the work of the Caetano brothers to flow with intensity, infecting the largest number of consumers possible, they created, in 1989, the first Cachaçaria in Brazil in Belo Horizonte named Alambique Cachaçaria e Armazém, which completed its 25 years successful in 2014. Today, the Germana Group employs 200 employees in its companies, where the themes are always based on cachaça. This traditional label has won several awards in national and international competitions, in addition to being present in the cellars of the most demanding Brazilian and foreign consumers. Cachaça is distributed in all states of Brazil and exported to eight countries. Produced by hand in copper stills, Germana can be found in five versions, where the storage location, aging time and wood used vary. Caetano’s Germana Premium Cachaça 1000ml rests for a year in amburana barrels, a process that gives it a soft but very sweet aroma and flavor, exclusive to this wood and very different from cachaças aged in oak. It has an alcohol content of 40%. Source: Cachaçaria Nacional.