{"id":37471,"date":"2013-07-19T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=37471"},"modified":"2013-07-19T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T13:00:06","slug":"a-new-rum-from-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/07\/a-new-rum-from-the-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"A New Rum From The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Bahamas was one of the centres of rum running during prohibition \u2014 and often a drinking destination in its own right during the same period.<\/p>\n

And rum has always been the most popular drink in the 700-island archipelago.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to producing rums, it\u2019s been a different story \u2014 few rums, and no sipping rums of world-class quality (although we have a soft spot for Ron Ricardo, which is perfect in a Goombay Smash).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s no longer the case, though, thanks to a new rum company called John Watling\u2019s, led by five founding members: Pepin and Leon Argamasilla, Jose and Mario Portuondo and Guillermo Garcia-Lay, who are sixth-generation members of a little-known rum producing family with the last name Bacardi. (A company which produced rum in the Bahamas for more than four decades, starting in 1965).<\/p>\n

John Watling\u2019s, named after the 17th century pirate, worked with a host of government agencies to help refurbish the Estate, along with the construction of a 10,000-square-foot barrel aging and production facility.<\/p>\n

That process took more than a year, but now the 18th century estate (which even made a cameo in the James Bond film \u201cCasino Royale\u201d) is home to what the company is boldly calling the\u00a0\u201dofficial rum of the Bahamas.\u201d<\/p>\n

So is it up to the challenge?<\/p>\n

John Watling\u2019s produces three classes of rum: pale, amber and Buena Vista.<\/p>\n

We were lucky enough to get our hands on the middle rum, the amber, which, like the others, is coconut charcoal filtered and includes a section of Sisal Plait woven by hand in South Andros and Cat Island.<\/p>\n

The rum is aged in oak barrels for up to three years and then blended.<\/p>\n

The amber rum has a light amber colour, and a subtle aroma of molasses.<\/p>\n

The flavour profile is dominated by caramel, coconut and, uniquely, a kind of vanilla wafer flavour. The rum has a very smooth, crisp finish.<\/p>\n

The verdict? John Watling\u2019s has produced a very, very solid rum. It\u2019s not often you find a rum that actually has a unique flavour, but JW has managed to do just that. We can\u2019t wait to try the Buena Vista variety.<\/p>\n

All in all, it\u2019s a sign that a long-quiet corner of the rum-producing world has just made a very loud statement.<\/p>\n

Source: Caribbean Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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