10 Distilleries to go to for the Rum!
Posted 09-11-2015 at 03:30 PM by DrinkMicro
About: When I think of Rum I think of Pirates or sailors, and from a historical stand point it’s a valid association as sailors often had wage in rum particularly if the Captain had something to celebrate. The other thing that comes to mind is R. Kelly’s “Ignition” song, “sipping on coke and rum/I’m like so what I’m drunk/It’s the freakin’ weekend baby I’m about to have me some fun…” And I love coke and rum, it’s really the only why I can handle rum at all. So now that that song is stuck in your head (no thanks to me) and you probably are experiencing a slight hankering for some rum… You should probably also check out the following Micro Distilleries:
1. Connecticut Valley Distillery – “Smuggler’s Rum”
Website/Image Credit: www.ctvalleydistillery.com
Location:148 Forest St, Manchester, CT 06040
About: What distinguishes one premium rum from another? It’s all in the water. Well, not only the water, but the better the water, the better the rum. That’s why Connecticut Valley Distillery chose its water source before establishing a new facility in Ellington, Connecticut: to be close to a pure mountain spring water source. The best water source provides the crisp notes and smooth taste that owner and master blender Rich Gummoe sought in creating Smuggler’s Rum.
2. Syntax Spirits – “Powder White Rum”
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Website/Image Credit: www.syntaxspirits.com
Location: 625 3rd St, Greeley, CO 80631
About: Each batch of the award-winning rum starts with 100% American dark cane molasses from Florida. Each Powder White Rum is distilled to be smooth enough for sipping straight or on the rocks, with flavors of rich vanilla, nougat, meringue, smooth caramel, malt, sweet cereal, and brown sugar. It’s equally at home in a mojito, caipiriniha, daiquiri.
3. Miami Club Rum
Miami Club Rum
Website/Image Credit: http://www.miamiclubrum.com/
Location: 2320 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127
About: A unique experience combining local craftsmanship, superior Florida ingredients and their distinct aging process – “Infused with Music” – to create a smooth, “Ultimately Mixable” flavor profile that brings people from all over the world together.
4. Maine Craft Distilling – “Ration Rum”
ration rum
Website/Image Credit: http://www.mainecraftdistilling.com/
Location: 101 Fox St, Portland, ME 04101
About: Ration Expedition Style Rum is a hearty libation inspired by these British Naval rations. It is distilled from molasses and aged for three months in heavily charred new oak barrels, giving it an earthy color and flavor with notes of vanilla and oak. Mixing well with ginger beer in a mule or dark and stormy, Ration can also be enjoyed on the rocks with a squeeze of lime.
5. Drum Circle Distilling – “Reserve Spiced Rum”
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Website/Image Credit: www.drumcircledistilling.com
Location: 2212 Industrial Blvd Sarasota, FL 34234
About: The Distiller’s Reserve spends time in barrels in a traditional solera method. In the solera method the oldest rum is never fully emptied from the barrels. The flavors from the real spices, honey, and Florida sugar cane continue to refine over time. The result is a very special spiced rum best enjoyed neat or on ice.
6. Haleakala Distillers – Dark Rum
haleakala
Website/Image Credit: http://www.haleakaladistillers.com/5052.html
Location: Haleakala Distillers, PO Box 1001, Kula, HI 96790-1001
About: Winner of Gold Medal, 2009 and Winner of Silver Medal, 2008. Both at International Rum Festival, Ybor City, FL. Superb float on top of an authentic Maui Mai-Tai.
7. Big Spring Spirits – White Rum
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Website/Image Credit: http://www.bigspringspirits.com/
Location: 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
About: This is a full-flavored white rum, Warm and slightly sweet with aromas of cinnamon, pear, and subtle hints of anisette.
8. Bull Run Distillery – “Pacific Rum”
bullrun_distillery
Website/Image Credit: http://www.bullrundistillery.com
Location: 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
About: A creamy mouth feel opening with notes of coconut and chocolate and finishing warm with vanilla and citrus.
9. Van Brunt Stillhouse – “Due North Rum”
due_north
Website/Image Credit: http://www.vanbruntstillhouse.com/products/
Location: 6 Bay St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
About: is carefully created with organic, unprocessed sugar. While most sugar is grown on plantations and manufactured in industrial processing plants, our sugar was grown by small family farmers and dried in the sun.
10. Desert Diamond Distillery – “Gold Miner Barrel Reserve Rum”
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Website/Image Credit: www.desertdiamonddistillery.com
Location: Highway 86 Mile Post 55 , Ajo, AZ 85321
About: The aroma is sweet and spicy. The taste is smooth and well developed, with hints of spice and licorice and a background of oak aged vanillas. It finishes smooth, yet firm with a full bodied taste that rum drinkers look for. Each bottle is labelled with the Barrel number and the bottle number on the back label.
What's your favorite brand of rum?
1. Connecticut Valley Distillery – “Smuggler’s Rum”
Website/Image Credit: www.ctvalleydistillery.com
Location:148 Forest St, Manchester, CT 06040
About: What distinguishes one premium rum from another? It’s all in the water. Well, not only the water, but the better the water, the better the rum. That’s why Connecticut Valley Distillery chose its water source before establishing a new facility in Ellington, Connecticut: to be close to a pure mountain spring water source. The best water source provides the crisp notes and smooth taste that owner and master blender Rich Gummoe sought in creating Smuggler’s Rum.
2. Syntax Spirits – “Powder White Rum”
syntax
Website/Image Credit: www.syntaxspirits.com
Location: 625 3rd St, Greeley, CO 80631
About: Each batch of the award-winning rum starts with 100% American dark cane molasses from Florida. Each Powder White Rum is distilled to be smooth enough for sipping straight or on the rocks, with flavors of rich vanilla, nougat, meringue, smooth caramel, malt, sweet cereal, and brown sugar. It’s equally at home in a mojito, caipiriniha, daiquiri.
3. Miami Club Rum
Miami Club Rum
Website/Image Credit: http://www.miamiclubrum.com/
Location: 2320 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127
About: A unique experience combining local craftsmanship, superior Florida ingredients and their distinct aging process – “Infused with Music” – to create a smooth, “Ultimately Mixable” flavor profile that brings people from all over the world together.
4. Maine Craft Distilling – “Ration Rum”
ration rum
Website/Image Credit: http://www.mainecraftdistilling.com/
Location: 101 Fox St, Portland, ME 04101
About: Ration Expedition Style Rum is a hearty libation inspired by these British Naval rations. It is distilled from molasses and aged for three months in heavily charred new oak barrels, giving it an earthy color and flavor with notes of vanilla and oak. Mixing well with ginger beer in a mule or dark and stormy, Ration can also be enjoyed on the rocks with a squeeze of lime.
5. Drum Circle Distilling – “Reserve Spiced Rum”
siestakey_rum
Website/Image Credit: www.drumcircledistilling.com
Location: 2212 Industrial Blvd Sarasota, FL 34234
About: The Distiller’s Reserve spends time in barrels in a traditional solera method. In the solera method the oldest rum is never fully emptied from the barrels. The flavors from the real spices, honey, and Florida sugar cane continue to refine over time. The result is a very special spiced rum best enjoyed neat or on ice.
6. Haleakala Distillers – Dark Rum
haleakala
Website/Image Credit: http://www.haleakaladistillers.com/5052.html
Location: Haleakala Distillers, PO Box 1001, Kula, HI 96790-1001
About: Winner of Gold Medal, 2009 and Winner of Silver Medal, 2008. Both at International Rum Festival, Ybor City, FL. Superb float on top of an authentic Maui Mai-Tai.
7. Big Spring Spirits – White Rum
big_spirits_rum
Website/Image Credit: http://www.bigspringspirits.com/
Location: 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
About: This is a full-flavored white rum, Warm and slightly sweet with aromas of cinnamon, pear, and subtle hints of anisette.
8. Bull Run Distillery – “Pacific Rum”
bullrun_distillery
Website/Image Credit: http://www.bullrundistillery.com
Location: 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
About: A creamy mouth feel opening with notes of coconut and chocolate and finishing warm with vanilla and citrus.
9. Van Brunt Stillhouse – “Due North Rum”
due_north
Website/Image Credit: http://www.vanbruntstillhouse.com/products/
Location: 6 Bay St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
About: is carefully created with organic, unprocessed sugar. While most sugar is grown on plantations and manufactured in industrial processing plants, our sugar was grown by small family farmers and dried in the sun.
10. Desert Diamond Distillery – “Gold Miner Barrel Reserve Rum”
old minner_ rum
Website/Image Credit: www.desertdiamonddistillery.com
Location: Highway 86 Mile Post 55 , Ajo, AZ 85321
About: The aroma is sweet and spicy. The taste is smooth and well developed, with hints of spice and licorice and a background of oak aged vanillas. It finishes smooth, yet firm with a full bodied taste that rum drinkers look for. Each bottle is labelled with the Barrel number and the bottle number on the back label.
What's your favorite brand of rum?
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