Lemon Hart 151 is coming back ... AGAIN! - Tiki Drinks and Food

LL Limbo Lizard Tiki Socialite Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 788	LL Limbo Lizard Posted posted on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 4:05 PM The Lemon Hart website has a pretty long bit of history, on this page. Of course, It's not an impartial history, and I'm sure Marketing gets to have a go at it, too. The last three paragraphs tell the times the company has changed hands, over the years. Excerpting: "Heavy bombing in World War II drove Alfred Lamb Ltd (creators of Lambs Rum) from their location in London, taking refuge in the offices of Lemon Hart & Son. In January 1948, United Rum Merchants (URM) was formed as a result of this union. In 1949, URM was sold to Booker Brothers, McConnell and Company, sugar planters from Demerara, Guyana. "In 1984, Booker Brothers, McConnell and Company sold their rum business to Allied-Lyons. In June 1989, Allied-Lyons' rum business, which included Lemon Hart and Lamb's, was brought together with Tia Maria under one management structure to form Alfred Lamb International Limited, a division of Allied-Lyons. In 1994, Allied-Lyons merged with Pedro Domecq forming Allied Domecq which, in 2005, was acquired by their French-based rival Pernod Ricard .... "In 2010, the Canadian-based company Mosaiq Inc. acquired the Lemon Hart brand from Pernod Ricard and implemented "A Return to Heritage" initiative for the brand starting with the reestablishment of the Lemon Hart & Son.... " (end of excerpt) I have an empty LH151 bottle, saved from the early-to-mid 80s, that says BOTTLED IN GT. BRITAIN BY UNITED RUM MERCHANTS LTD.-HORSHAM-SUSSEX-RH12 1ST-ENGLAND As Hurricane Hayward pointed out, the rum's aging and blending location can make a significant difference in the final result. I wonder how the conditions in Britain compared to where it was aged/blended/bottled, after the operation moved to Canada. Much more similar than Guyana, probably. When the yellow label LH80 started to disappear, I started grabbing all I could find. I still have 2 cases, cobbled together from buying 2 bottles here, several more there, until finally it was all gone. Some of the labels say, IMPORTED BY ALLIED DOMECQ SPIRITS, U.S.A., and some say IMPORTED BY PERNOD RICARD U.S.A. Based on that timeline, above, I guess the bottles from Allied Domecq had already been kicking around for a number of years, by the time I got them.

The Lemon Hart website has a pretty long bit of history, on this page. Of course, It's not an impartial history, and I'm sure Marketing gets to have a go at it, too. The last three paragraphs tell the times the company has changed hands, over the years. Excerpting:

"Heavy bombing in World War II drove Alfred Lamb Ltd (creators of Lambs Rum) from their location in London, taking refuge in the offices of Lemon Hart & Son. In January 1948, United Rum Merchants (URM) was formed as a result of this union. In 1949, URM was sold to Booker Brothers, McConnell and Company, sugar planters from Demerara, Guyana.

"In 1984, Booker Brothers, McConnell and Company sold their rum business to Allied-Lyons. In June 1989, Allied-Lyons' rum business, which included Lemon Hart and Lamb's, was brought together with Tia Maria under one management structure to form Alfred Lamb International Limited, a division of Allied-Lyons. In 1994, Allied-Lyons merged with Pedro Domecq forming Allied Domecq which, in 2005, was acquired by their French-based rival Pernod Ricard ....

"In 2010, the Canadian-based company Mosaiq Inc. acquired the Lemon Hart brand from Pernod Ricard and implemented "A Return to Heritage" initiative for the brand starting with the reestablishment of the Lemon Hart & Son.... " (end of excerpt)

I have an empty LH151 bottle, saved from the early-to-mid 80s, that says
BOTTLED IN GT. BRITAIN BY
UNITED RUM MERCHANTS LTD.-HORSHAM-SUSSEX-RH12 1ST-ENGLAND

As Hurricane Hayward pointed out, the rum's aging and blending location can make a significant difference in the final result. I wonder how the conditions in Britain compared to where it was aged/blended/bottled, after the operation moved to Canada. Much more similar than Guyana, probably.

When the yellow label LH80 started to disappear, I started grabbing all I could find. I still have 2 cases, cobbled together from buying 2 bottles here, several more there, until finally it was all gone. Some of the labels say, IMPORTED BY ALLIED DOMECQ SPIRITS, U.S.A., and some say IMPORTED BY PERNOD RICARD U.S.A. Based on that timeline, above, I guess the bottles from Allied Domecq had already been kicking around for a number of years, by the time I got them.

Post #762413 by Limbo Lizard on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 4:05 PM