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HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1867	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Sun, Jun 23, 2019 7:25 PM On 2019-06-23 11:26, PalmtreePat wrote: 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. That's a good question. I'm assuming that if pot stills are still used in Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc., it's very minimally. There are certainly no more "funky" Puerto Rican rums that I know of. I'd expect perhaps some pot-still distillate to be included in the high-priced, premium blends from Bacardi and Havana Club. If anyone knows definitively, please let us know. A big part of the reason column stills took over is because pot stills were not cost effective and the producers were greedy. Too bad because I'd love to have something like that dark Ron Rico today. I suspect The Mai-Kai might have used it along with Dagger in the Black Magic, Jet Pilot, et al. Events, music, art, cocktails, culture The Tiki Times \| The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2019-06-23 19:29 ]

On 2019-06-23 11:26, PalmtreePat wrote:
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.

That's a good question. I'm assuming that if pot stills are still used in Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc., it's very minimally. There are certainly no more "funky" Puerto Rican rums that I know of. I'd expect perhaps some pot-still distillate to be included in the high-priced, premium blends from Bacardi and Havana Club. If anyone knows definitively, please let us know.

A big part of the reason column stills took over is because pot stills were not cost effective and the producers were greedy. Too bad because I'd love to have something like that dark Ron Rico today. I suspect The Mai-Kai might have used it along with Dagger in the Black Magic, Jet Pilot, et al.

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