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Abuelo / Varela Hermanos - Panama
Banner at Varela Hermanos: "Sowing of Pride and Passion for the Future."
Molasses wash fermenting at Varela Hermanos for distilling into rum.
Antigua Distillers Ltd - English Harbour Rum
Barrilito - Puerto Rico
An historic sugar mill resides on Barrlito's estate.
The sight and smell of so much fine rum aging gives you pause to respect.
Callwood Distillery - Tortola, BVI
Cartavio - Peru
Cartavio's massive continuous column still produces light rum.
Clarke's Court Distillery, Grenada
Cockspur / WIRD - Barbados
Foursquare - Barbados
Hampden Estate - Jamaica
Watch your step! GM Mark Middleton guides us to the fruit fermentation vats.
Detail on a Forsyth copper po still.
Mount Gay - Barbados
Dave and Frank Ward, Managing Director of the of Mount Gay family business.
Neisson - Martinique
River Antoine - Grenada
Serralles - Puerto Rico
St. Nicholas Abbey - Barbados
Sugarcane is rended to honey and stored in this holding tank for distilling later.
Barrels Aging SNA Rum
Annabelle's magnificent column.
St. Nicholas Abbey Tasting Room
Pretty SNA Bottles. Bring home as much as you can carry.
Travellers - Belize
There's plenty to see at Travellers Heritage Center, near Belize Int'l Airport.
Looking through a window into Travellers' rum bottling plant.
Westerhall - Grenada
Worthy Park - Jamaica
Wray & Nephew / Appleton - Jamaica
Appleton has aging facilities all over Jamaica. Let's have a look inside one.
From The Galley
Strawberry Créme Brûlée
Rum For All
Historic Distilleries of Tortola
Rum Fun: Tastings & Festivals
Rum Tasting on S/V Diamant while anchored in the Grenadines, West Indies
More Rum Tasting on S/V Diamant in the Grenadines.
Esteemed Judges at 2011 Caribbean Rum Festival, Barbados.
RumXP Tasting - Miami Rum Renaissance 2011.
Ministry of Rum Tasting Competition in San Francisco 2010.
Dave & Steve Bennett loosen up at Caribbean Rum Festival, October 2011.
"Once More Into the Breach" at Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, 2009.
"Must Focus" - Judging Rum at Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival, Barbados 2010.
Roger n Dave (RnD) Tasting @ Miami Rum Rennaissance Festival 2010.
Caribbean Rum & Beer Festival Judges, Barbados 2010.
Lesson to Self: "Scoring Rum Ain't So Easy". Tales of the Cocktail, Nawlins 2008.
Intimidating, Challenging - Another Tasting Session Begins - Miami RumRen '11
Great Tasting Rum at Miami RumRen 2012
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Antigua Distillers Ltd - English Harbour Rum
A very welcome sign in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua.
ADL's three-column copper still was designed by David Webb, and derfurbished in 1991 - making it the youngest of its type in the Caribbean.
ADL's John Dore copper column still produces spirit at 95.7%-96% ABV.
ADL is experimenting with a stainless steel sheath on one of their copper columns. The art of making fine rum is always evolving.
ADL's spirit lab - Note the mini-still at right. Every barrel of rum is analyzed by gas chromatography and tasted at 20% ABV for quality and flavor.
Rum is aged in ex-Jack Daniels barrels at 70-80% ABV. ADL is slowly reducing the strength at which the spirit laid down, to 62-65% ABV for a "rounder flavour."
Approximately 2lbs of oak chips are added to each barrel for color and flavor.
Stainless steel 8,000 gallon blending tanks are filled with barrel aged rum, where they marry for several weeks, ensuring harmonious flavors.
The Man With the Palate: Kevin "5 Year Old" Semple, ADL's Master Blender. Kevin knows the contents and flavour of every barrel. Respect.
Sampling English Harbour's delicious aged rums at ADL's tasting room. Mmm.
© Dave Russell 2013
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