Grand Havana Rum - www.grandhavanarum.com

Grand Havana Rum is still produced today as it was in Havana, Cuba at the turn of the 19th Century. Not much has changed since my great grand father Don Tirso Arregui produced his home-distilled libation.

We do not distill our rum in continuous still distillation (single distillate) or column distillation. Grand Havana Rum is distilled in Copper Kettle Still. Pot Still distillation is the traditional method of distillation that has been handed down since the inception of rum making in Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean. Pot Still Distillation involves the use of copper or copper lined kettle, which holds the dead wash a high wine retort and low wine retort.

Distillation in this manner is achieved batch-by-batch in the copper still, not much different than that of single malt whiskeys or very fine cognacs.

Pot Still (or double distillate) creates rum richer in character than most single distillate rums. GRAND HAVANA RUM is allowed to mature up to 7 years in our sherry casks brought over from Spain; this allows it to acquire an aromatic character unlike the world's finest cognacs.

AGING

Rum is a spirit that improves with age, and we are never in any hurry when it comes to aging GRAND HAVANA RUM. To this day the aging process remains one of natures secrets. It is has been known that rum ages best in 40-gallon oak barrels that have been charred on the inside.

GRAND HAVANA RUM utilizes 40-gallon sherry casks brought over from Spain that have been charred on the inside. These casks (barrels) were once used to age the finest sherries (cognacs) from Spain. The permeability of the oak allows air to flow and allows the rum to mellow. The Spanish sherry casks also contributes to the rums smooth taste and gives the rum its warm golden color. Since we add no artificial coloring to our rum, the color of rum may vary from batch to batch.

BLENDING

The final secret of an exceptional rum is blending, the last step of he rum making process. What separates us from other rums is that we only blend the different batches from our pot still productions. This is what sets GRAND HAVANA RUM apart creating its unique heavy body and greater persistence.

Since our batch distillations vary from 5 years to 8 years, our end goal is to provide you the connoisseur with an unmistakable flavor and richness like no other rum in the world. Our Cuban
Master Rum Blender has been blending rum since the mid-20th century. He utilizes the different batch distillates like an artist utilizes different colors to create a work of art. This marrying process allows the different rum batches to fuse together and also creates a smoothing effect to our rum.

After the rum blend has been allowed to marry it is run into the bottling vats and reduced to bottling strength by the addition of pure spring water.