The first resin distillery in Spain Historical milestone · Hontoria del Pinar, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos Image of Hontoria del Pinar, not of the place itself. In 1843 Pedro Egaña set going here the first Spanish resin distillation factory, the industrial start of an activity that for a century and a half sustained the economy of the whole comarca of Pinares. 1843 Photo: Siil210415 (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Hontoria del Pinar