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P PalmtreePat Tiki Socialite Los Angeles, CA Joined: Oct 07, 2014 Posts: 360	P PalmtreePat Posted posted on Sun, Jun 23, 2019 11:26 AM On 2019-06-16 21:02, Hurricane Hayward wrote: The other rum we tried Friday night was a huge surprise ... This old bottle of Ron Rico (likely from the 1960s) was unlike any Puerto Rican rum I've ever tasted. Full of pot-still funkiness, you'd swear it was a Jamaican blend. Before column stills became ubiquitous, even the mid-level distilleries in Puerto Rico relied heavily on pot stills, Stephen told us as we savored the rich brown elixir. [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2019-06-16 21:03 ] That's pretty interesting. Did he mention if any distilleries there still operate pot stills? Trader Vic's Royal Amber claims to be a product of Puerto Rico, but its got a good deal of pot still flavor to it. I've been assuming that PR rums are all column still these days and that it was a blend of imported and domestic distillates.

On 2019-06-16 21:02, Hurricane Hayward wrote:

The other rum we tried Friday night was a huge surprise ...

This old bottle of Ron Rico (likely from the 1960s) was unlike any Puerto Rican rum I've ever tasted. Full of pot-still funkiness, you'd swear it was a Jamaican blend. Before column stills became ubiquitous, even the mid-level distilleries in Puerto Rico relied heavily on pot stills, Stephen told us as we savored the rich brown elixir.

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2019-06-16 21:03 ]

That's pretty interesting. Did he mention if any distilleries there still operate pot stills? Trader Vic's Royal Amber claims to be a product of Puerto Rico, but its got a good deal of pot still flavor to it. I've been assuming that PR rums are all column still these days and that it was a blend of imported and domestic distillates.

Post #795841 by PalmtreePat on Sun, Jun 23, 2019 11:26 AM