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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.
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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Mount Gay - Barbados
Mount Gay's stills are located the Refinery on Mt. Gilboa. The facility in Bridgetown is called the Distillery, but houses the bottling plant and visitor center.
Molasses wash & yeast In open top fermention tank at Mount Gay.
Mount Gay copper pot stills: the rum's famous aromas and flavors start here.
Mount Gay copper pot still #2.
Detail on one of Mount Gay's three copper pot stills.
Impressive copper retorts at Mount Gay's distilling room.
Mount Gay coumn still. Mount Gay rum is distilled twice in pot, once in column.
Thermometer (temperature) and hydometer (density) monitor the still's output.
A few of Mount Gay's aging barrels.
Dave and Frank Ward, Managing Director of the of Mount Gay family business.
© Dave Russell 2013
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