Karukera are an Agricole Rhum producer from Guadeloupe. Karukera is the original Arawak (Caribbean Indan) name for Guadeloupe. Despite the very slick presentation (which caused me to overlook this brand) Karukera have been distilling and producing rhum since 1895. The Esperence distillery in Sainte Marie – “Certain Origins do not Deceive” is the companies tag line. Karukera have a very nice website unfortunately…
Rhum Rhum is a collaboration between Luca Gargano of Velier and Master Distiller Vittorio Capovilla. Using small copper pot stills located near to the Bielle distillery on Marie-Galante – a small, very rural island just off the coast of Guadaloupe. Rhum Rhum Liberation 2012 has been released at two differing ABV’s this “Version Integrale” is bottled at a hefty 59.8%. 1420 bottles were produced. The Rhum Rhum label use…
Clairin Casimir (batch 2) hails from the Douglas Casimir Distillery in Baraderes, Haiti. The Clairins (Vaval and Sajous) are series of three different Clairins from three different distilleries all on Haiti. Exported from Haiti by Velier for the European market. Clairin is a spirit distilled from sugar cane juice rather than molasses. It is technically very similar to rhum agricole. Due to…