As with most matured spirits, blending is of immense importance and cannot be overstated! Rather than a linear progression following...

We’ve come a long way from the cane field and it is time to see what happens to the liquid during cask maturation. Generally, the spirit...

All spirits are stored for a time between distillation and bottling. Maturation, however, is intended to make a positive impact on the...

There are two distinct limitations to a pot still; the relative lack of reflux and the fact they run in a time-consuming batch process....

Batch distillation is largely synonymous with pot stills, and represent the simplest and oldest form of distillation. Given how old this...

We have now created a wash with an alcohol content of around 5-10% ABV and employed a series of techniques to ensure the desired aroma...

Fermentation is the part of rum-making where you have the most opportunity to create flavor, in the form of esters and other congeners....

Once you have a wash with an appropriate Brix level and a yeast strain, we are ready for the next step. Yeast is typically pitched by...

We have finally reached one of the most exciting steps in spirits creation, fermentation. It is during this process that all the alcohol...

Most rum in the world is made from molasses, a by-product of making sugar. Although this process varies greatly between producers and...

While distillates from cane juice comprises a fair share of the market, especially if we include Cachaça, most juice gets processed...

Depending on the variety of sugarcane, climate and sowing time, it can take anywhere from 9-24 months for the cane to be ready for...

Now once the cane is harvested we’re in a race against time. Typically sugar cane is pressed within 24-48hrs to prevent the sucrose from...

Sugarcane is a group of tall perennial grass, in the genus Saccharum, that are used for the production of sugar. Although there are...