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http://societeperrier.com/articles/7-boutique-global-rums-for-national-rum-month/
August is National Rum Month. It’s time to celebrate for 30 glorious days by enjoying classic rum cocktails like the Mojito, Piña Colada, Hurricane and Singapore Sling. In honor of the holiday, we’ve scoured the world for some of the best boutique rums to celebrate with.
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CRUSOE Rum, California
As the only distiller in Los Angeles since prohibition, Greenbar distillery in L.A.’s downtown art district is momentous. Makers of many organic spirits, including gin and vodka, the spirit to try this month is the Crusoe white and Crusoe spiced rum. Inspired by the legendary Robinson Crusoe, Greenbar makes their rum from molasses and sugar cane via micro oxygenation; a technique borrowed from neighboring California winemakers. For the spiced Crusoe Rum, spices like allspice, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and vanilla are hand crushed and added to the blend as well as California orange zest equating to big flavor.
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Banks "7 Golden Age" Rum, West Indies
Named after noted explorer and botanist Sir Joseph Banks, Banks "7 Golden Age" Rum is a unique blend of 23 rums from distilleries located on the islands of Barbados, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Java, Panama and Trinidad. Each rum has been aged between one and seven years in used bourbon barrels.
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Plantation 3 Stars, France
The rum comes from the three "stars" of Caribbean rum: Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica, but it's actually aged and bottle in France. It redefines white rum with its smooth quality and that's suitable for drinking it neat.
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St. George California Agricole Rum, California
St. George Spirits, in Northern California, is a raucously fun distillery to visit, not to mention makers of wonderful new rum to imbibe. St. George California Agricole Rum is just one of the dozens of spirits the distillery makes, but it’s special nevertheless. It’s made from fresh sugarcane grown in Southern California — not molasses — in the style of a rhum agricole or cachaça. They extract the fresh cane juice by running the stalks by hand through a sugarcane mill. The freshly pressed, uncooked cane juice is then fermented and distilled in small batches in a 500-liter copper pot still. The result is rum not for the faint of heart, but divine, nevertheless.
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House Spirits Rum, Oregon
You’re probably familiar with their Aviation Gin but how about their House Spirits rum? It’s hard to come by as it was a limited-edition release last year, but worth tracking it down. It’s double-pot-distilled and aged in Pinot Noir-barrels. If you like whiskey, you’re gonna love this rum.
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Roggen's Rum, New York
You seen those beautifully designed compact bottles of Hudson Whiskey grace the shelves of most high-end bars, but you probably wouldn't recognize their rum. Producing a limited run of Roggen's rum, Tuthilltown distillery celebrates the history of the Hudson River commerce and the early pioneers of the Hudson Valley. The aged rum, aptly named after the Roggen mercantile brothers of the area that migrated from Switzerland, is made from Louisiana blackstrap molasses and aged in a combination of new and former American oak whiskey casks.
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Caliche Rum, Puerto Rico
Yes, Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and the majority of the world’s rum is produced there. The Serralles distillery produces DonQ, Palo Viejo and Caliche. And since it’s been family owned and operated for 148 years, let’s just say they know a bit about making quality rum. White rums are usually not aged yet what sets Caliche apart is its blend of four different aged rums. Made from Caribbean molasses with hints of vanilla, oak and caramel make a great spirit to sip neat or mix in festive rum cocktail.
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