Minas Gerais

  • Cachaca Bandarra

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Cachaca Bandarra Rum Review by the fat rum pirateCachaca Bandarra Salinas MG Brasil as the front label proclaims. The Salinas MG part relates to the city of Salinas in Minas Gerais State in South Eastern Brasil. Salinas an Minas Gerais are as synonymous the good cachaça as Jamaica and Barbados are with good rum.

    So it is no surprise the Cachaca Bandarra note where their cachaça is from prominently. The journey of Cachaca Bandarra began in 1997 when entrepreneur Elber Sales, read a report where the Brasillian government where offering financial incentives for those willing to produce and export Cachaca outside of Brasil. The idea was to make Cachaca as internationally recognised as Mexico’s Tequila. Read more to see the fatrumpirate rating

  • Cachaca Anunciada

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Cachaca Anunciada Rum Review by the fat rum pirateCahaca Anunciada. Or Cachaça Announced in English. This cachaça is distributed by MusA. They are a producer of all manner of spirits, beers and liqueurs. Based at Sitio Caminho do Sol (Sun Valley Farm).

    Whilst they do produce Cachaça they seem to focus around “aguardente de frutas”. This adds a bit of a twist to the cachaça, as you will read later. Read more to see the fatrumpirate rating

  • Cachaca Tabua Flor de Ouro

    Bythefatrumpirate

    Cachaca Tabua Flor de Ouro Rum Review by the fat rum pirateCachaca Tabua Flor de Ouro. Roughly this Cachaca translates to Gold or Golden Flower from the Portuguese. This is popular and well-respected Cachaca in its native Brasil.

    It is available in a few bottle sizes most commonly a 700ml bottle will set you back around R$32 or approximately £8 in UK Sterling. As you can see from the photo Cachaca Tabua Flor de Ouro comes in a tall bar style bottle with a short neck and a metallic screw cap. The presentation isn’t as modern and slick as brands aimed at the European market such as Leblon and Yaguara but it is a bit more modern than some of the Cachaca’s available. Read more to see the fatrumpirate rating